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More than 1.4 million passengers are expected to pass through Ontario International Airport this summer, a year-over-year rise of 12.1 percent, airport officials are predicting.
If that prediction holds, Ontario International’s traffic count this summer – the start of Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day – will top last summer by nearly 154,000, according to a statement released by the Ontario International Airport Authority.
“Summer is typically a high-volume travel period, particularly at Southern California airports, and that will certainly be the case at Ontario,” said Alan D. Wapner, president of the authority, in the statement. “Ontario continues to post strong, steady gains in passenger volumes through our aggressive and persistent efforts to attract new air service, transform dining and retail concessions.”
The anticipated increase is based on domestic and international service added at the airport in the past year, specifically by Frontier Airlines and China Airlines.The latter began running flights between Ontario International and Taiwan in March, the first daily transpacific service in Ontario International’s history.
