January airport arrivals up 19 percent

We know this may be getting a little boring…but there is more evidence today that the tourism industry, already the major engine of the nation’s economic growth, is getting even bigger. Statistics just released by the Immigration Department indicate that January arrivals at the Philip Goldson International Airport set a new all time record. The thirteen thousand, one hundred and fifty-eight passengers represent a hefty nineteen percent increase over the figures for January 2001. Much of that rise is attributed to new routes opened by U.S. Air and Air Jamaica, as well as increased capacity by American and Continental… not to mention the gradual rebound following nine-eleven. In related news, B.T.B. has announced that come March, U.S. Air will be increasing the frequency of flights from its Charlotte hub from four times a week to daily.