Reno airline capacity still trails pre-recession levels
By Richard N. Velotta Las Vegas Review-Journal
Airline seat capacity has grown at Reno-Tahoe International Airport over the past 2½ years, but it still hasn’t reached levels prior to the Great Recession, the Nevada Commission on Tourism was told Wednesday.
About 5 million seats are flown into the airport serving Reno on nine airlines from 23 destinations, thanks in part to marketing efforts by the Regional Air Service Corp., which receives funding from the commission. In 2008, capacity at the airport that is key to Northern Nevada’s rural tourism economy, was 6.5 million seats.
By comparison, capacity at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is about 28.3 million seats a year.
