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Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport.Despite a drop in Allegiant Air’s traffic, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport passenger boardings climbed in January over a year ago with business travelers helping push numbers higher.
“That’s a really good sign,” said Mike Landguth, Airport Authority president, on Monday.
Landguth said traffic should be bolstered by a second nonstop flight to Detroit starting in March, followed by flights to Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Fla., beginning April 1.
Allegiant, which flies nonstops between Chattanooga and Orlando and Tampa Bay, suffered a 29 percent drop in boardings in January, figures show.
Landguth said the decline showed up in Allegiant’s earlier cut of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., service.