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Charter flights boost air travel at C R airport
The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids posted a December 46 977 enplanements a 29 5 percent rise from December 2001 and 18 7 percent above December 2000 The boost came as charter traffic carried Hawkeyes fans to the Orange Bowl with 3 776 on the Orange Bowl charters Regularly scheduled flights totaled 43 201 for the month The year 2002 ended with 440 906 passengers down from 443 344 in 2001 as eight months of normal travel preceded the Sept 11 attacks Mayor Paul Pate and Airport Director Larry Mullendere commented on the healthy uptick and optimistic 2003 outlook
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