NOLA airport sets record

New Orleans airport passenger traffic hit a new high in 2018, which comes months before the opening in mid-May of a new $1B terminal. More than 13.1M travelers flew in and out of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport last year, up 9.3 percent from 2017. It marks a fourth consecutive year of passenger growth at the airport. (Source: NOLA.com 02/21/19) Mississippi airport notes: The number of people traveling through the Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTR) in Columbus, Miss., increased more than 10 percent for 2018, setting a record. Nearly 100,000 passengers used GTRA, making it the second consecutive record-setting year. Also, the Tupelo Regional Airport reported the number of passengers boarding planes there rose to 12,948, the most since 2009.