
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, August 24, 1993                   TAG: 9308240009
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
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ROANOKE VALLEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Last summer's half-price airline tickets are responsible for last month's 13.17 percent decline in air passengers at Roanoke Regional Airport, said airport spokesman Mark Courtney.

He said July boarding figures reflect an industry decline from last summer's business.

Since last year's sale, he said, airlines also have reduced capacity so their loads are only 0.3 percent below last year. But the fewer passengers are paying a lot more for their tickets, bringing airline revenues up from last summer.

For the year to date, the number of passengers has fallen only 0.22 percent, from 182,341 last year to 181,931.

by CNB