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Baton Rouge, LA (September 25, 2018) – Passenger enplanements, or departing passengers, were up 5.8% at Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) in August over the same month in 2017. Deplanements, or arriving passengers, were up 7.2%. Total passenger volume for August was 65,704. Year-to-date total passenger numbers through August are at 531,448, the second highest among Louisiana airports. The 2018 year-to-date BTR passenger volume is up ...

BATON ROUGE, LA – November 14, 2018. Mike Edwards was appointed the Director of Aviation for the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) by the Metro Council at Wednesday’s meeting. Mr. Edwards has served as Interim Director of Aviation since May, and previously held the Airport Operations Manager position at BTR. He has over 10 years of airport management experience, and worked at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International...

D.C. mixer forges relationships between Baton Rouge, Congressional decision makersOctober 14, 2018 BlackPressUSA Business, NNPA Newswire, Politics, The DRUM Newspaper 1By A.G. Duvall II, The DrumWASHINGTON DC—There is something to be said about leaders who push beyond boundaries to forge relationships and gain cooperation from others. For all intents and purposes, that’s what leaders from Baton Ro...

Baton Rouge, LA (November 20, 2018) – Passenger enplanements, or departing passengers, were up 4.7% at Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) in October over the same month in 2017. Deplanements, or arriving passengers, were up 3.4%. Total passenger volume in October was 76,461. Year-to-date passenger numbers through October are 667,095, up 4%. The BTR passenger numbers are the second highest among Louisiana airports.Airport officials anticipate...