E. J. Mullins, the Port Authority's program director for Atlantic City International Airport

That obviously gives us an advantage,' Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes said. 'We're probably the fastest-growing airport because we didn't have anything before. Before Frontier's arrival, the Mercer County-owned airport languished without any scheduled airline service. Denver-based Frontier began service at Trenton in November 2012 and has rapidly expanded its flights since then while transforming Trenton into its East Coast hub.īy June, Frontier will have 73 weekly flights to 17 locations out of Trenton. Meanwhile, Trenton-Mercer grabbed bragging rights as the fastest-growing airport last year thanks to discount carrier Frontier Airlines. Airport officials have said the lingering effects of Hurricane Sandy depressed traffic through most of the year. Atlantic City's total traffic declined 18 percent in 2013, to 1.1 million passengers. Overall, Atlantic City finished just four spots from the bottom among the airports nationwide suffering the greatest declines. Sixel's figures show Atlantic City's outbound traffic fell nearly 22 percent from September 2012 to September 2013.

'With the airlines that we've been speaking to, it's not a matter of if they're coming to Atlantic City, it's a matter of when. Mullins, interim airport general manager for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency that operates Atlantic City International. 'We've had a lot of interest from other airlines,' said E.J. Talks continue with other airlines about possible service.

The newly released figures by Sixel Consulting Group Inc., an airport services firm, tracked passenger growth at the nation's top 300 airports for the 12-month period ending September 2013.Ītlantic City officials say the figures do not reflect a recovery in passenger traffic that began late last year and continues into early 2014 with the help of new service by United Airlines and Spirit Airlines. Trenton-Mercer Airport, which had no scheduled airline service at all less than two years ago, has vaulted to the top of the list among the country's fastest-growing airports.Ītlantic City International Airport, however, struggled with the lingering effects of Hurricane Sandy last year and ended up among the airports nationwide suffering the biggest losses in passenger traffic. 1 in growth among nation's airports, new study shows

E. J. Mullins, the Port Authority's program director for Atlantic City International Airport