California + Inland Empire + Hospitality | April 21, 2023

Ontario Airport Posts Double-Digit Growth in Passenger Volume for March and Q1

The Inland Empire’s Ontario International Airport (ONT) maintained its momentum with double-digit growth in passenger volume in March and for the first quarter of the year.

The traveler count for March was more than 501,000, a 10.4% increase year-over-year. Domestic passenger volume exceeded 476,000 while the number of international travelers reached almost 25,000, annual increases of 8.4% and 70.7%, respectively.

Last month was the busiest March at ONT since 2008, when the airport served 606,993 customers.

For the first three months of the year, ONT welcomed more than 1.3 million air travelers, 16.6% more than in the year-ago period, with domestic and international totals increasing by 14.7% and 67.5%, respectively.

The Ontario International Airport Authority noted that cargo tonnage was down 9% from a year ago, outperforming the industry as a whole. Worldwide, cargo volumes are down 11% compared to Q1 2022.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 13-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 15-20 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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