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Joined: 15 Jun 2005
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Location: Indianapolis, IN

For 2009 the Indianapolis International Airport served just under 7.5 million passengers. Passenger numbers were beaten down dramatically by this extended recession. I do think there will be a slight recovery in 2010 but not a significant one. I don't think the economy will have recovered enough to make a big impact on the busy summer travel season. As a result I am predicting only a small increase from 2009. I expect approximately 7.75 million passengers to be served in 2010.

I have not seen any indication from the airlines that they are ready to add frequencies to IND, new routes, or larger jets. If things continue as they are now I would expect a bigger improvement in 2011.

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Joined: 15 May 2006
Posts: 728
Location: West Lafayette, IN

That seems like a reasonable estimate. I'll go with 8 million just to have a different number.

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Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Posts: 2316
Location: Indianapolis, IN

I'd love to see 8 million but that would be a pretty big jump over 2009.