Kansas airports face years of recovery after pandemic
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October 4, 2020
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The downturn in airline travel amid the coronavirus pandemic could lead to years of decreased flights to fewer destinations and a dramatic drop in building improvements, particularly at smaller airports like the ones in Kansas.
The number of passengers who boarded flights in Wichita this year has dropped 57% compared to 2019, the Kansas News Service reported.
At its lowest point in April — when monthly traffic was down 95% compared to the year before — there was a day when only 63 people flew out of Dwight D. Eisenhower Airport in Wichita. Normally, the airport sees about...
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