Tampa airport breaks passenger record
October 15, 2019 - Tampa International Airport served 22.166 million passengers in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, a 5.5 percent increase over the previous year. The performance comes on the heels of strong domestic service growth led by Frontier and Spirit, and new international service, including nonstop flights to London on Norwegian Airlines and to Amsterdam on Delta Air Lines, the airport said in a news release. Domestic passengers were up 4.8 percent, while international passenger traffic jumped 19.3 percent. The passenger gains occurred during a major construction project, Phase 2 of the airport's master plan expansion, including 16 new express curbsides.