Suarez: Positive growth trends at McAllen International Airport

MCALLEN, Texas - There are positive growth trends at McAllen International Airport, according to City of McAllen Aviation Director Elizabeth Suarez.“We continue to report positive growth trends for this year. Our first slide shows a three percent overall growth from last year. The more important news is load factors are up approximately six percent. This is despite market seats being down slightly about four percent,” Suarez said, in her monthly power point presentation to the McAllen Economic Development Corporation’s board of directors.“The next slide shows month to month activity. We continue to outperform 2019, which is a good baseline for us, again, reminding everybody that that yellow line, 2021, is an outlier right after pandemic travel had really ramped up.”Suarez said McAllen International Airport is outperforming last year by about three percent. Editor's Note: For the full story go to the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service website. Go to www.riograndeguardian.com to read the latest border news stories and watch the latest news videos.