Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Changes...

This photo to the right was taken last week at 5:00pm EDT from the airport where I work.  It's not a huge facility, but it has a respectable amount of traffic in normal times, and experienced some significant growth this past year with the entry of air carriers such as Frontier and Allegiant.  March, the height of "Season" in Florida (October/November - late April when all the Snowbirds come to visit) saw a booming business by all airlines that suddenly came crashing down with the entry of Coronavirus and its seriousness.  5:00pm never looked this back in March but this was the site last week...not one passenger visible and none of the ticket counters manned.  The last departure of the day had been at 3:30pm, and two flights would be arriving in the late evening. Needless to say, times have changed and it's going to be a long time before my airport sees anything like it saw this past winter.

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