Orlando International Airport (MCO) - Press Release - 8/9/2006

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8/9/2006 - June Continues Four Month Trend of Three Million Passengers at Orlando International Airport

ORLANDO, FL. For the fourth consecutive month, more than three million passengers processed through Orlando International Airport (MCO). In June, 3,001,175 travelers used the airport representing a 3.24% increase in traffic compared to the same period last year.

Previous three months with over three million passengers:

March - 3,320,172
April 3,213,051
May - 3,046,130

For the month, JetBlue Airways and Delta Connection started new daily service to two new markets from MCO, Burbank, California and Hartford, Connecticut. Also increasing service in June were Bahamasair, Air Jamaica, AeroMexico, Air Transat, Continental, Northwest, Condor, Spirit Airlines and US Airways.

Overall aircraft operations at Orlando Executive Airport also increased in June, up 2.66 percent for the month over June 2005.

Additional new service planned for the remainder of the year includes:

Month	Airline	Destination	Frequency	Type	Last Served
July
	JetBlue	Syracuse, NY	7/week	New
	Southwest	Philadelphia, PA	+7 to 49/week	Increase
	Virgin Atlantic	Manchester, England	+3 to 9/week	Increase
August
	Southwest	Denver, CO	7/week	New
September
	US Airways Express	Key West, FL	7/week	New
October
	Continental	Newark, NJ	+22 to 76/week	Increase
	Southwest	Washington/Dulles, VA	14/week	New
	WestJet	Calgary, Alberta	4/week	Resumed	4/30/2006
	WestJet	Montreal/Dorval, Quebec	4/week	New
	WestJet	Ottawa, Ontario	4/week	New
	WestJet	Toronto, Ontario	+7 to 14/week	Increase
November
	AirTran Airways	Detroit, MI	+7 to 14/week	Increase
	AirTran Airways	Indianapolis, IN	+7 to 21/week	Increase
	AirTran Airways	White Plains, NY	+5 to 14/week	Increase
	Copa	Panama City, Panama	+1 to 6/week	Increase
	JetBlue	Boston, MA	+7 to 28/week	Increase
	WestJet	Hamilton, Ontario	1/week	Resumed	9/2/2005
December
	Air Canada	Calgary, Alberta	2/week	Resumed	4/22/2006
	Air Canada	Ottawa, Ontario	7/week	Resumed	4/23/2006
	Air Canada	Toronto, Ontario	+14 to 28/week	Increase
	CanJet	Halifax, Nova Scotia	1/week	Resumed	5/28/2006
	Delta	Mexico City, Mexico	7/week	Resumed	4/6/1997
	Frontier	Denver, CO	+6 to 20/week	Increase
	Spirit	Atlanta, GA	7/week	New
	Spirit	San Juan, PR	+7 to 14/week	Increase

The additional service represents 165 new or increased weekly flights to MCO from July to December 2006.

Orlando International Airport is the busiest passenger airport in the state of Florida with over 34.1 million travelers in 2005.

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For more information, contact Carolyn Fennell at the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority at (407) 825-2055.

Local Time: 3:29 AM Local Conditions: Partly Cloudy 74.0° F

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