After A 95 Percent Drop In Passengers, Cherry Capital Airport Inching Back To Normal
By Luke Haase | May 31, 2020
After a staggering drop in passenger traffic of 95 percent in late March and April, Cherry Capital Airport is beginning to see a slow return to normalcy. The Ticker checked in with Airport Director Kevin Klein to see how bad it got, what $14.8 million in federal relief funds will be used for, and what the future of air travel might look like.
Ticker: What’s it like inside the airport these days?
Klein: Quiet. Our staff is [typically] about 26 people, but we had frozen new positions, so we’re now a staff of 20. The airline employees are working around the flight times and car rental staffs are doing similar. ...
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