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 A US Air employee guides a plane into a jetway at Tucson International Airport in June. US Air is one of several airlines that has cut flights and raised prices, causing passenger traffic to plunge at TIA. David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star 2008
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Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.17.2008
Passenger traffic at Tucson International Airport approached a five-year low in September, continuing a precipitous drop that started after July, when the total of passengers getting on and off planes at TIA was just below the five-year high.
In September, 287,577 people got on and off planes at TIA, a 12.5 percent drop from one year ago, according to the monthly report from the Tucson International Airport Authority. That's nearly as low as the lowest month in 2004, September.
Monthly passenger traffic had been building steadily since 2004 until June, when the totals dropped below last year’s figures for the month. They have continued to slide, thanks to the closure of one airline, ExpressJet, the cancellation of several other daily flights, and the increasing price of airline tickets.
Commercial flights were down almost nine percent in September compared to the same month last year.
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