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AUS up and away
Friday, July 8, 2022 by Tai Moses
Another month, another record broken at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. In May 2022, reports AUS, passenger traffic was up 82.68 percent compared to May 2021 “with 2,021,747 passengers flying during the month, setting a new record for busiest month ever at the airport.” That’s a lot of people and a lot of airplanes. The graph tells the story pretty vividly: Air travel is back and it’s here to stay.
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