Las Vegas International Airport – no longer gambling on its future

Las Vegas is one of several US cities, those whose economy is heavily influenced by leisure activities, to have suffered badly from travel restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

But it quickly recovered from 2Q2021 onwards, and its main airport has experienced record passenger growth figures in the past few months.

Las Vegas' airport handled 4.9 million passengers in Jul-2022 - an increase of 17.2% year-on-year and a new monthly record for passenger traffic. It is the second consecutive month that the airport has recorded a new all-time traffic record, having handled 4.7 million passengers in Jun-2022.

The airport has recently been renamed in honour of one of its strongest proponents, and with the regional economy prospering it can look forward to resuming its place as one of the USA's major gateways.