Mount Isa Airport has recorded modest increase in passenger numbers for April, continuing a recent upward trend since the start of the year.
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The airport had 14,337 passengers through its doors for April 2017 compared to 14,093 in April 2016 an increase of 1.7 percent year on year.
Queensland Airports Ltd which owns and operates Mount Isa, Gold Coast, Townsville, and Longreach airports, recorded seven per cent growth across its ports in April 2017 compared to the prior year.
QAL CEO Chris Mills said strong passenger numbers during the school holidays and Easter reflected the strength of leisure markets across the four airports, mostly gained tourist numbers in Gold Coast and Townsville, though he said Mount Isa was rebounding too.
“We’ve now seen three consecutive months of growth in Mount Isa, arresting the sustained decline recorded since the resources boom ended,” Mr Mills said.