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Ontario International Airport expects to handle more than 271,000 passengers during the upcoming holiday travel season.
If that prediction is accurate, it will be 93 percent of the traffic count Ontario International compiled during the 2019 Christmas season, the year before COVID-19 hit, according to a statement released by the airport.
The daily average between Dec. 18 and Jan. 4 will be a little more than 15,000 passengers. The highest volume days are expected to be December 21 and December 22, when airport officials expect more than 17,000 fliers each day.
“Ontario International experienced pre-pandemic passenger volumes over Thanksgiving, and though we don’t expect the same levels in the weeks ahead our passenger terminals will still be bustling,” said Ronald O. Loveridge, vice president of the Ontario International Airport Authority’s board of commissioners, in the statement. “We look forward to extending our holiday hospitality to customers who choose to travel.”
