US carriers passenger movements show decline in first half of 2011

AIRPORT--In determining what airlines transported the most passengers to the island in the first half of 2011 (excluding transit passengers), American Airlines remains far and away the destination's largest carrier in terms of passenger movement even though the figures represented a 7.5 per cent decline for the airline.

American Airlines transported 52,442 passengers to St. Maarten from January to June 2011, down from 56,708 in the same period of 2010. US Airways also maintained its spot right behind AA as the second largest carrier from the US market with 33,864 passengers transported to St. Maarten. This too represented a decline (6.7 per cent) compared to the same period of 2010.

JetBlue is the third largest carrier out of the US with 17,691 passengers transported here, followed by Continental with 15,308 and Delta Airlines with 8,406.

Of the European Airlines, Air France remained tops with 24,073 passengers transported to the island from January to June, followed by KLM with 7,578. Regional airlines saw InselAir move the most passengers at 21,600, followed by Winair at 21,299, LIAT at 15,032 and DAE at 5,195.

The numbers posted by Winair actually show a slight increase over what the airline recorded for the same period of 2010.

Source: http://www.thedailyherald.com/islands/1-islands-news/21688-us-carriers-passenger-movements-show-decline-in-first-half-of-2011-.html

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