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>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO INSIDE

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INDIANA BUSINESS. I'M GERRY

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DICK.

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TRAVEL OVER THE THANKSGIVING

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HOLIDAY PERIOD IS EXPECTED TO

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RETURN TO LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE

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BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

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INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL

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AIRPORT REPORTS PASSENGER

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TRAFFIC INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY

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IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS

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YEAR, WITH MORE THAN 2 MILLION

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PASSENGERS TRAVELING THROUGH THE

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AIRPORT FROM JULY THROUGH

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SEPTEMBER.

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FOR MORE ON THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL

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OUTLOOK AND THE POSSIBILITY OF

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ADDING A HIGH-PROFILE

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TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT, I'M

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PLEASED TO WELCOME BACK TO THE

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SHOW INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT

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AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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MARIO RODRIGUEZ.

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MARIO, AS ALWAYS, GREAT TO HAVE

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YOU ON THE SHOW.

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>> GERRY, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE

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WITH YOU.

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>> TRAFFIC IS BEGINNING TO GET

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BACK TO A SENSE OF NORMAL

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CIRCUMSTANCE A REPORT OUT THIS

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WEEK, PARTNERS AT IBJ REPORT

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BRITISH AIRWAYS IS LOOKING TO

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SLOT SOME FLIGHTS FROM HEATHROW

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IN LONDON TO INDIANAPOLIS.

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ANYTHING TO THAT?

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I MEAN, IS THAT ANYTHING MORE?

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>> ON BRITISH AIRWAYS SIDE IT IS

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VERY, VERY SPECULATIVE.

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THE CITY, STATE AND THE AIRPORT

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ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO

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REESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL AIR

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SERVICE.

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BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME.

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BECAUSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

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RIGHT NOW WE ARE -- OUR INDUSTRY

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IS EVOLVING, AND IS

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TRANSFORMING.

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FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE HAD

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PREPANDEMIC, WE HAD 45% OF OUR

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TRAVELERS WERE BUSINESS

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TRAVELERS.

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THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, IT WAS

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22%.

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FOR SOME OF THESE INTERNATIONAL

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FLIGHTS, IT IS INCREDIBLY

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IMPORTANT TO HAVE A VERY, VERY

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ROBUST BUSINESS TRAVELER

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COMPONENT TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT

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PROFITABLE.

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SO IT WILL TAKE -- WE ARE

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WORKING ON IT AND WORKING

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FEVERISHLY TO GET IT.

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I DON'T WANT TO GET ANYBODY'S

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HOPES UP THAT IT IS GOING TO

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HAPPEN TOMORROW

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>> WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.

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AS FAR AS TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC IS

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BEGINNING TO COME BACK, THE

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NUMBERS RELEASED THIS WEEK SHOW

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PRETTY GOOD TRAFFIC THERE.

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AND YOU'RE ALMOST BACK TO 2019

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LEVELS.

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>> OH, YEAH.

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BUT THE TRAFFIC IS COMING BACK

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INCREDIBLY WELL.

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REMEMBER, MOST OF THE TRAFFIC

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RIGHT NOW IS LEISURE TRAVEL.

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THERE'S BEEN A STRONG PENT-UP

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DEMAND FOR LEISURE.

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YOU CAN SEE THE OVER 50 NON-STOP

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DESTINATIONS, A LOT ARE TO FUN

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AND SUN AREAS, PALM SPRINGS, KEY

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WEST THAT'S COMING UP JUST IN

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THE NEAR FUTURE.

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SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S

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HEADING.

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NOW, AS BUSINESS COMES BACK ON

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THE, AND BUSINESS TRAVELERS

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START COMING BACK ONLINE YOU'RE

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GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE

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BUSINESS DESTINATIONS

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>> AND THAT WHOLE CHANGE IN THE

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BUSINESS TRAVELER AND BUSINESS

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TRAVEL, THAT'S REALLY GOING TO

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RESHAPE, IN YOUR VIEW, I KNOW,

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THE INDUSTRY, AND HOW WE TRAVEL.

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>> OH, YOU KNOW, MY HYPOTHESES

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IS THAT COVID OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN

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AN INCREDIBLE TRAGEDY, BUT WHAT

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IT DID TO BUSINESS, IT

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COMPRESSED TIME.

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SO FIVE YEARS ENDED UP AS ONE

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YEAR.

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SO BUSINESS HAS EVOLVED, HAS

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USED DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES,

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VIRTUAL MEETINGS, THERE IS A

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NEED FOR BUSINESS TRAVEL, BUT

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THERE IS GOING TO BE LESS

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BUSINESS TRAVEL GOING INTO THE

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FUTURE.

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AND THAT IS A CALL TO ARMS FOR

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LEGACY CARRIERS, UNITED, DELTA

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AND AMERICA THAT DEPEND ON THE

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BUSINESS TRAVEL FOR

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PROFITABILITY

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>> MENTIONED THE INCREASE, THE

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RETURN OF TRAVELERS TO

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INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL

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AIRPORT.

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ALSO INTERESTING, RELEASED

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NUMBERS THIS WEEK THAT SHOW

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INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL HAS

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BEEN OUTPERFORMING PEER AIRPORTS

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IN MILWAUKEE, AND CINCINNATI,

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PITTSBURGH, SOME OF THOSE OTHER

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MARKETS, FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS

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NOW.

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>> OH, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING VERY

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CAREFULLY AT HOW THINGS CHANGED.

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WE WEREN'T -- AND THE TEAM WE

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HAVE OVER HERE IS FANTASTIC, AND

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THE COMMUNITY IS FANTASTIC.

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THE COMMUNITY IS STRONG

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FINANCIALLY.

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THAT'S ONE OF THE COMPONENTS.

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THE TEAM OVER HERE UNDERSTOOD

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EARLY ON IN THE PANDEMIC THAT IT

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WAS -- THIS WAS GOING TO BE

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TRANSFORMATIVE.

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WE WEREN'T GOING TO GO BACK TO

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NORMAL.

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SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT

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DIFFERENT ULTRA LOW COST

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CARRIERS TO BRING THEM IN LIKE

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SUN COUNTRY, ALLEGIANT, BRINGING

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MORE DESTINATIONS.

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THE TYPE OF AIRLINES THAT

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LEISURE TRAVELERS LIKE TO USE,

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BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY ECONOMICAL

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>> I DO WANT TO OFFER

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CONGRATULATIONS, YOU RECENTLY

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WERE AWARDED FROM AIRPORTS

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COUNCIL INDIANAPOLIS, THE NORTH

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AMERICA EXCELLENCE LEADERSHIP

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AWARD, THE HIGHEST AWARD THEY

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HAND OUT TO AN ACTIVE AIRPORT

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DIRECTOR.

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IT IS QUITE AN HONOR.

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>> OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

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GERRY.

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IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT HONOR.

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AND A GREAT SURPRISE TO ME.

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SO I'M STILL GIDDY ABOUT IT

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>> GOOD.

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WELL, INDIANAPOLIS

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INTERNATIONAL, OF COURSE NORTH

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AMERICA'S TOP AIRPORT MANY YEARS

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IN THE RUNNING, MARIO RODRIGUEZ,

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AS ALWAYS, THANKS FOR BEING ON

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THE SHOW.

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I KNOW WE'LL CHECK BACK AT THE

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END OF THE YEAR AND SEE HOW