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Post-COVID travel boom breaks more records at CLT

The post-COVID travel boom picked up last year. Charlotte Douglas Airport said it saw a record number of passengers in 2024, with almost 59 million arriving and departing from the airport. Officials said this was a 10% increase compared to the 2023 record of 53 million. International travel also saw an uptick, with two point four million travelers — a 13% increase. A busy year is ahead with the airport as they prepare to complete construction on the Terminal Lobby Expansion.

Kenny is a Maryland native who began his career in media as a sportswriter at Tuskegee University, covering SIAC sports working for the athletic department and as a sports correspondent for the Tuskegee Campus Digest. Following his time at Tuskegee, he was accepted to the NASCAR Diversity Internship Program as a Marketing Intern for The NASCAR Foundation in Daytona Beach, Florida in 2017.