Orlando airport bustling as families travel during spring break
MCO expects rebound, predicts 45% increase in air travelers
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando International Airport is bustling. Traditionally, spring break is one of its busiest times of year.
Travelers are wearing masks but social distancing is proving to be difficult at the check-in counter and security line.
“It’s a little crazy. We feel safe and everything is OK, but it’s a little crazy to be back in crowds,” Hayley Sullivan said.
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“We came for some warm weather and to visit their cousins,” Sullivan said.
Monday’s crowds are a big change from what the airport looked like this time last year: a near-empty airport following international travel bans due to the coronavirus. In 2020, spring break traffic was down 1.8 million passengers from the previous year.
Orlando airport saw more than 57% reduction in passengers in 2020, report says
Number of travelers cut virtually in half from record high of 2019
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando International Airport was hit hard by the pandemic in 2020 and its leaders are predicting another challenging year ahead.
OIA saw about 21.6 million passengers in 2020, according to a report from the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, which is a 57.29% drop from 2019, when the airport saw a record 50.6 million passengers.
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Breaking the numbers down further, GOAA said that it saw 53.98% fewer domestic travelers, 19,999,356 total, and 77.4% fewer international travelers, 1,618,447, for the year.
The airport has also seen a reduction in the number of destinations passengers can fly to from OIA and the number of airlines flying into the airport, as well.