AIRLINES ARE ADDING FLIGHTS OR USING LARGER PLANES TO GET PEOPLE INTO AND OUT OF ALBUQUERQUE FOR THE BALLOON FIESTA. SUNPORT SPOKESPERSON STEPHANIE KITTS SAYS THE ADDED CAPACITY ISN’T UN-PRECEDENTED. BUT SHE SAYS THIS YEAR APPEARS TO BE A LARGER BOOST THAN IN PAST YEARS.
THE INCREASE AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 34 PERCENT, ON AVERAGE. AIRLINES ADDING FLIGHTS TO AND FROM THE CITY INCLUDE AMERICAN, DELTA AND UNITED.
