DAYTONA BEACH -- Total passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport decreased 34 percent in November compared to the same month a year earlier.
During November, 29,300 passengers arrived and departed through DBIA, compared with 44,622 in November 2007. For the 12-month period ending Nov. 30, 608,912 passengers traveled through the county-operated airport, compared with 704,786 recorded during the prior 12-month period and representing a 14-percent decrease.
November’s traffic decline reflected more depressed economic conditions nationwide and in Florida, which is experiencing escalating declines in air travel and tourism in most markets," said Dave Byron, spokesman for Volusia County.
The recession was felt locally in the job market as well with Volusia County's unemployment rate at 7.5 percent in November, the 27th highest of Florida's 67 counties.