Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reports that during a month that marks one year since the COVID-19 pandemic started to severely impact air travel;
\nNorth Dakota\u2019s eight commercial service airports posted a total of 72,504 airline passenger boardings.
\nThis is an increase of almost 22,000 passengers from the previous month of February as Spring travel in
\nNorth Dakota begins to take off.
\nThis month experienced the highest level of passenger traffic that North Dakota has seen since the Covid-
\n19 pandemic began; however, these passenger counts are still approximately 32% below the normal prepandemic
\nlevels seen in March of 2019.
\nThe growth in passenger demand and optimism surrounding a recovery in the travel industry has
\nprompted the airline industry to revive hiring plans as they continue to slowly add back flights and seat
\ncapacity to certain communities. The only non-stop destination route in North Dakota that was lost during
\nthe pandemic (Williston \u2013 Minneapolis) is now also expected to return as Delta Airlines announced its
\nplans to add its route back to Williston this coming June.
\n\u201cOptimism is building for the travel industry\u2019s recovery as airport parking lots are noticeably filling with
\nvehicles and activity levels and passenger counts continue to trend in a positive direction,\u201d stated Kyle
\nWanner, Executive Director of the North Dakota Aeronautics Com.<\/p>\n
Jamestown\u00a0 Regional Airport, Airline Boardings in March this year were at 830 compared to 590 in March of 2020, and increase of nearly 41 percent.<\/p>\n
Year to date, through March this year was 1764 compared to 2414 last year a decrease of 40 percent.<\/p>\n
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