Sky Harbor passenger traffic down 10 percent, cargo down 18 percent - Phoenix Business Journal:

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million fewer passengers in the first five months of this year compare with the same periodin 2008. From January to May, 15.8 million passengers flew into and out of thePhoeniz airport. That is down about 10 percenr from 17.5 million for the same time framein 2008, accordiny to the Phoenix Aviation Department, which runs Sky The airport saw fewer than 3.2 million passengere in May, down about 9 percent from May 2008’s 3.5 millio count. Cargo traffic through Sky Harbor was off 18 perceng for both May andthe five-month periof compared with 2008. For May, Sky Harbodr had 19,000 tons of cargok fly in and out — a drop from 23,200 tons in May 2008.
From Januargy to May, just under 99,000 tons of cargo passed through thePhoenix airport, down from about 120,000 for the firsf five months of 2008. Passenget and cargo traffic at Sky Harbor andother U.S. airport have been hit by the recession and lower consumef spending andbusiness activities.