Passenger numbers at Salt Lake City International Airport picked up in the first half of 2010, a sign Utah’s recession-battered economy is healing. Through June 30, about 10.15 million passengers used the airport, up 1.6 percent from 9.99 million in the same six months of 2009, according to airport figures.
“During the deepest part of the economic downturn, passenger numbers dipped 14 percent in one month. So this increase is significant due to the fact that we had to make up that much of a decrease over time to get into positive numbers,” airport spokeswoman Barbara Gann said Friday. The Salt Lake Tribune
