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Chattanooga Airport traffic down 30-35% amid coronavirus

Staff File Photo / Chattanooga Airport expects to add nearly 800 more parking spaces within the next four to five months to deal with higher passenger boardings. Also, work on a 1,300-space parking garage is likely to start next year, officials said.
Staff File Photo / Chattanooga Airport expects to add nearly 800 more parking spaces within the next four to five months to deal with higher passenger boardings. Also, work on a 1,300-space parking garage is likely to start next year, officials said. Staff File Photo / Chattanooga Airport expects to add nearly 800 more parking spaces within the next four to five months to deal with higher passenger boardings. Also, work on a 1,300-space parking garage is likely to start next year, officials said.

By Mike Pare 4 min read

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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Joe and Robin Reed of St. Petersburg, Florida, were in the Chattanooga area this past weekend to attend the celebration of a wedding.

“It was uncancelable,” said Robin Reed at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport on Monday morning as they were preparing to fly back to Florida. But, she added, she was “a little bit worried” about the trip.

Chattanooga Airport is seeing a sharp drop in passenger traffic, with bookings and the number of vehicles in the parking lot down about 30% to 35%, said Terry Hart, the airport’s chief executive.