ORLANDO, FL. – The summer travel season is now upon us and if the spring traffic numbers are any indication, summer will be another record breaker at Orlando International Airport (MCO).
For the past six months, since November of 2018, international traffic at Orlando International Airport has increased by double-digits monthly, over the same time last year. April was the most improved month so far this year with a nearly 20 percent climb in arrivals and departures.
Fueling the dramatic growth in international traffic in April has been a rise in the number of international flights into Orlando International by Spirit, JetBlue, Avianca, Virgin Atlantic, lnterjet and GOL airlines bringing more than 100 thousand additional passengers.
While international numbers have broken records so have domestic travel numbers to Orlando. In April, domestic traffic climbed over 5.5 percent pushing MCO’s domestic total for the year to over 14.7 million passengers. On a rolling 12-month basis MCO stands at 48.7 million passengers, which is a 7 percent increase over last year’s record volume.
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Ranked by J.D. Power “Highest in Customer Satisfaction for Mega Airports” in 2017 & 2018. With more than 48 million annual passengers, MCO is the busiest airport in Florida and 10th busiest in the U.S. MCO has 21,000 badged employees and generates more than $41 billion in revenue for the regional economy. Orlando International Airport strives to value and delight its customers through an airport-wide design concept known as The Orlando Experience®.
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