Passenger numbers at SD Int'l Airport exceed previous records

SAN DIEGO — In the midst of the busiest season for air travel, the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority today announced that passenger numbers for January through October 2005 have exceeded 2004 levels by almost 900,000 passengers, far exceeding demand forecasts and pointing to the possibility of an especially busy holiday air-travel period.

San Diego International Airport (SDIA) served 14,601,122 passengers from January through October 2005, compared to 13,742,163 during the same period last year — a 6.3-percent increase of 858,959 passengers. With expected increases in travelers throu...