=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2007/04/09/state/n075= 721D59.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, April 9, 2007 (AP) SLO airport passenger count down 7 pct, largest drop in 4 years (04-09) 07:57 PDT San Luis Obispo, Calif. (AP) -- A 7 percent drop in the passenger count at San Luis Obispo County Region= al Airport was described as a hiccup by the airfield manager. Airport manager Klaasje Nairne said the February passenger drop wasn't alarming. "Although 7.5 percent sounds like a big number, the actual number of tot= al passengers is 1,851. In reality, that's not huge," Nairne wrote in an e-mail to The Tribune. Nairne blamed construction to expand the airport's main runway to accommodate larger jets, which continues through fall, and a US Airways reduction in flights to Las Vegas. "Hiccups happen, and sometimes burps," Nairne wrote. "Changes in schedul= es are hiccups. Airline mergers are burps. Our night construction has definitely caused hiccups that won't be cured completely until we are done." The airport's main east-west runway will go to 6,100 feet, an addition of 800 feet, which will allow larger regional jets to take off fully loaded in hot weather. ___ Information from: The Tribune, www.thetribunenews.com -------------------------------------------------= --------------------- Copyright 2007 AP <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".