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Passenger Volume Continues to Climb at Baton Rouge Metro Airport
Total passenger volume at Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) was up 7% in February 2018 over the same month in 2017 at 61,641 passengers. Passenger enplanements for February 2018 reached 30,837, up 6.2%, while passenger deplanements were up 8.7% at 30,804. American Airlines had the top BTR passenger share in February at 38%, followed by Delta at 35% and United at 27%. BTR’s passenger count has been up 16 of the past 1...
Baton Rouge Metro Council Appoints Interim Airport Director
Mike Edwards was appointed the Interim Director of Aviation for the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) by the Metro Council at Wednesday’s meeting. Now in his fourth year as the BTR Airport Operations Manager, Mr. Edwards has over 10 years of airport management experience. He was the Senior Airport Operations Supervisor at the New Orleans International Airport for four years, and prior to that, he was the Airport Operations Sup...
Passenger Volume up in 2017 at Baton Rouge Metro Airport
News Release - Baton Rouge, LA –For Immediate Release, January 11, 2018 Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) passenger enplanements for 2017 were up 4%. A total of 775,408 passengers traveled through the airport in during 2017 on scheduled commercial flights. BTR’s passenger count has been up 14 of the past 15 months dating back to September of 2016. The Airport also had 156 charter flights in 2017 on aircraft rangin...
Baton Rouge Metro Airport Receives DOTD 2018 Transportation Excellence Award
The Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (DOTD) recognized the Baton Rouge Metro Airport with the 2018 Transportation Excellence Award for Intermodal/Public Works Project Development. The Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) received the award at the Louisiana Transportation Conference (LTC) today. BTR’s 2018 DOTD Transportation Excellence Award was for the new Emergency/National Disaster Multiplex facility. ...