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Show the ENTERPRISE Air traffic gains 21 Traffic at the Salt Lake International Airport increased by 21 percent in December over December 1976, according to Paul Gaines, director of airports. Scheduled airlines handled 317,963 passengers during Of the total, December. 159,887 departed and 158,076 arrived. Charter flights saw gains comparable with scheduled flights, Gaines said. During the latest month, 2,561 passengers used the airport to make connections with charter flights, which represents a 34.7 percent increase over December, 1976. Gaines noted the second terminal should "be operational sometime in late 1978." The director said the completion of the second terminal will come none too soon. "It now appears we will have to accelerate our other developments to avoid other reoccurring bottlenecks like the one we experienced during December." r0 |