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Contact Name: Helen Ditzel Contact Email: helen.ditzel@srq-airport.com Contact Phone Number: 9413592770 Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) passenger traffic set an all-time record for one month in the history of the airport with 228,015 passengers traveling through the airport in December. Traffic for December 2019 was up 58% over December of 2018. Passenger numbers for calendar year 2019 were up 43% over calendar year 2018 with almost 2 million (1,966,950 actual) passengers using the airport. “We are excited to see our twenty-second straight month of passenger traffic growth at SRQ. With this growth, we were pleased that operations continued to run smoothly at the airport, even with the surge in passengers over the holidays. The airport maintained ample parking within our various lots and utilized our 13 newly installed air-conditioned loading bridges to accommodate up to 90 commercial service operations per day. Overall our wait time at the screening checkpoint was minimal except for a couple occasions right before the Christmas and New Year’s holiday. The airport continues to make improvements to our facility in order to prepare for future growth with passenger convenience and customer service as our top priorities. We anticipate another year of record-breaking growth and want to thank the community for supporting SRQ” said Rick Piccolo, President, CEO of the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. Contact: Fredrick J. Piccolo, President, CEO Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) Tel. (941) 359-2770, extension 4200