BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — Labor Day weekend, which is known as a busy travel weekend, is right around the corner. Central Illinois Regional Airport representative Fran Strebing said Labor Day weekend is the time people are usually wrapping up their summer travels. As it is usually a busy weekend, Strebing said the airport expects to […]
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The Central Illinois Regional Airport is seeing a strong start to 2021 after COVID ravaged business in 2020.
Executive Director Carl Olson said passenger traffic is stabilizing, though it is still not back to pre-pandemic levels.
“The size of the monthly year-over-year decreases has been getting smaller,” Olson said. “I wouldn t say it s a full-blown recovery, but it s not trending down anymore. It has sort of found a foundation and it s starting to build back.”
Last April, Olson said traffic at the airport was down 97% compared with the same month the year before. But by the end of 2020, that figure had improved to a decline of about 52%. He said the airport could soon see year-over-year increases, but the true litmus test will be how air traffic compares with 2019.