WASHINGTON â With vaccination efforts in full force, airlines and airports are on their way to bouncing back from a year in which passenger traffic fell as much as 96% because of the pandemic, officials told a Senate panel Wednesday.
And that improvement has also been seen at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, where âwe were very, very excited to see numbers increase to about 70%â of pre-pandemic levels, said Charlene Reynolds, assistant aviation director of the Phoenix Department of Aviation.
âHere at Sky Harbor, we are currently seeing some revival of traffic,â Reynolds said in her testimony to the Senate Commerce subcommittee. âWe looked at some of the projections from the rating agencies, they believe we will return to normalcy in 2024, however, weâre very hopeful that passengers will return sooner than 2024.â