{"id":24111,"date":"2022-11-21T19:41:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T19:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=24111"},"modified":"2022-11-21T19:41:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T19:41:45","slug":"air-travel-poised-for-strong-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-dakota\/air-travel-poised-for-strong-holiday-season\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Air Travel Poised for Strong Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>North Dakota\u2019s eight commercial service airports posted a\ntotal of 94,620 airline passenger boardings during the month of October 2022.\nThis is a 9% increase from the 86,948 boardings that the state experienced one\nyear ago in October of 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demand for air travel in North Dakota has continued its\nsteady recovery throughout 2022 and passenger levels have stabilized to\napproximately 7% below pre-pandemic numbers.&nbsp;\nNorth Dakota\u2019s air service continues to show an elevated level of demand\nfor the seats that are available, and passengers continue to experience airline\nflights that are at or close to capacity.&nbsp;\nThis strong demand is expected to continue throughout the holiday season,\nand it is recommended that passengers work to secure tickets a few weeks in\nadvance of any planned trips if possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are expecting a busy upcoming holiday season for air\ntravel and as always, it is highly recommended for passengers to arrive to the\nairport early to ensure that an adequate amount of time is provided for TSA\nscreening and boarding procedures, \u201cstated Kyle Wanner, Executive Director of\nthe North Dakota Aeronautics Commission.&nbsp;\n\u201cAdditionally, winter weather has also arrived to North Dakota and\npatience is requested as snow removal and aircraft deicing operations on our\nairports ensure for a safe operating environment for the traveling public.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Dakota\u2019s eight commercial service airports posted a total of 94,620 airline passenger boardings during the month of October 2022. This is a 9% increase from the 86,948 boardings that the state experienced one year ago in October of 2021. The demand for air travel in North Dakota has continued its steady recovery throughout 2022 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-dakota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24112,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24111\/revisions\/24112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}