Passenger traffic at Los Angeles International Airport continued its steady climb in November, increasing 9 percent from the year earlier.
The greatest gains at LAX were from domestic travel, which rose l0 percent to 3.5 million passengers for the month, according to Los Angeles World
For the first 11 months of 2004, passenger volume was 55.6 million, 11 percent higher than the same period in 2003. Overall domestic traffic rose 10.2 percent in the period to nearly 40.6 million passengers, while international travel was up 13.3 percent to 15 million passengers. LAX was expected to end the year with 61 million passengers, the highest volume since 2001, when the airport had 61.6 million passengers.
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