Southwest Florida International Airport saw 698,573 passengers in June, a 0.2% year-over-year increase and the second-highest total for that month in airport history. Year to date, passenger traffic is down 1.5%. Delta led all carriers with 169,432 passengers, followed by Southwest (130,773), American (120,600), United (96,760) and JetBlue (63,200). Aircraft arrivals and departures at RSW rose 9% to 5,972 in June, while operations at nearby Page Field declined 18% to 11,145.
Deportation flights have begun from Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced July 25. Hundreds of unauthorized immigrants...
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