Cargo activity is saving grace for Stewart

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Kalitta Air has dramatically driven up cargo tonnage flowing through Stewart

STEWART AIRPORT – The pandemic all but decimated the airline industry over the last more than a year and that is evident by the loss of over 81 percent of passengers at New York Stewart International Airport in 2020.

Only Allegiant Air continued service throughout the troubled times and American Airlines recently resumed its Philadelphia flights.

On the air cargo side of operations, the situation is much different, Stewart Business Development Director Mike Torelli told the advisory Stewart Airport Commission on Tuesday.

“On both the freight and the mail that is a total of 57,223 tons for the year, which is a high for Stewart Airport and also a 40 percent increase over the previous year, and those preliminary numbers for the first couple of months (of this year) continue to go up,” he said.

At this point, it is unknown if and when Jet Blue and Delta Air Lines, which suspended service due to the pandemic, will resume passenger flights at Stewart.




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