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surpassing the 48.5 million airline passengers to pass through in 2017, Clark County Aviation Director Rosemary Vassiliadis said earlier this year.

More than 3.92 million travelers boarded or arrived on domestic flights last month, a 3.1 percent uptick from a year earlier. International flights arriving or departing Mccarran carried 341,298 travelers, an

8.8 percent jump from May 2017.

Among the airport’s five busiest carriers, Spirit Airlines reported a 28.8 percent leap from May 2017,

while United Airlines reported a 12 percent jump, the department said.

Smaller gains were reported by Delta and market-leader Southwest, while American logged a 5.6 percent decrease in traffic. Traffic increases were also reported by discount carriers Frontier and Allegiant.

Among international airlines, Canadian carrier Westjet saw a 17.3 percent jump in traffic with 89,783 passengers, while Air Canada was up 8.1 percent with 85,932 passengers.

Virgin Atlantic Airways reported a 3.5 percent decline in traffic with 28,897 passengers. British Airways carried 32,420 passengers in May, a 19.1 percent increase from last year,

while British competitor Thomas Cook Airlines dropped 28.7 percent with 12,444 passengers.

Korean Air climbed 8.7 percent with 10,347 passengers. Chinese carrier Hainan reported a 29.4 percent jump in traffic with 5,077 passengers.

Mexican carrier Interjet reported a 2.4 percent increase to 14,741 passengers in May, while Aeromexico had a 23.6 percent drop to

12,440 passengers. Copa reported a 25.8 percent increase in May with 8,430 passengers.

Contact Art Marroquin at amarroquin@reviewjournal. com or 702-383-0336. Follow @ Amarroquin_lv on Twitter.