- June 16, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
SAGINAW COUNTY, MI – MBS International Airport has been slowly recovering since the COVID-19 pandemic led to service reductions and staff furloughs last year.
However, the airport’s lifeblood – business-related flights – have yet to make a significant return, said airport Manager James Canders.
Flights at MBS tapered off “drastically” beginning in February 2020, hitting their lowest in April, Canders said. While they’ve ticked up since, most of the airport’s current flights are for leisure travel; business travel made up about 70% of flights in April 2019, he said.
“Unfortunately we’re still a little ways away from normal operations,” Canders said. “The April numbers for this year are the first positive increase we’ve seen since COVID started.”
Indicators pointed towards a pent-up demand for travel that would release after the proliferation of vaccines and businesses began to reopen, Canders said. While the airport is beginning to see…
