N.O. passenger count dips

NEW ORLEANS, La. - The number of passengers going through the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport dropped a bit in February. The airport reported 618,201 passengers boarded and left flights in February, down from 620,814 in February 2009. For the first two months of the year, traffic is down 1.5 percent over the first two months of 2009. (Source: AP via Times-Picayune, 04/16/10)