BACK TO BUSINESS: Tyler Pounds Regional Airport shares growth, challenges during COVID-19
The sudden drop in air travel has impacted Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, but the airport is moving forward, keeping customers safe and planning for the future. Author: Aaron Baker (CBS 19) Published: 12:11 AM CST January 29, 2021 Updated: 12:11 AM CST January 29, 2021
TYLER, Texas 2020 brought an unprecedented drop to air travel. In April of 2020, airlines carried 96% fewer passengers than in April of 2019. On December 31, 2020, over 1.5 million fewer people passed through TSA checkpoints than on that same day in 2019. The decline in passenger traffic happened in East Texas as well. I like to back up through the summer, you know, we saw, you know, gosh, about about a fifth of the traffic that we were seeing, Davis Dickson, Manger of Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, said.