Airport traffic edges past storm-hit October, more airlift added

Passenger traffic through Jamaica’s two international airports was slightly higher in October than in the same month last year, when Hurricane Melissa shut both in the final days of the month. The airports handled a combined 384,300 passengers, up 0.6 per cent from 381,900, according to monthly figures from Pacific Airport Group (GAP), the Mexican operator of both terminals. Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston handled 126,700 passengers, up 3.7 per cent, reversing a 3.8 per cent decline in September. Its year-to-date traffic is down just 1.3 per cent.