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Sea-Tac Airport set new passenger and retail sales records in 2012

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, buoyed by an influx of international passengers, set a new passenger traffic last year with 33.22 million passengers passing through the airport in 2012.

JOHN GILLIE; Staff writer
Published: Jan. 30, 2013 at 7:39 a.m. PST
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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, buoyed by an influx of international passengers, set a new passenger traffic last year with 33.22 million passengers passing through the airport in 2012.

New figures from the Port of Seattle, the airport’s owner, show overall passenger traffic increased by 1.2 percent last year while international traveler numbers jumped by 8.8 percent.

Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/2013/01/29/sea-tac-set-new-passenger-and-retail-sales-records-in-2012/

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