OREANDA-NEWS. CLT's passenger traffic climbed 2.4 percent from 32,542,460 fliers January - September 2013 to 33,335,596 through September 2014. It's the ninth consecutive month that numbers have risen this year.  

Passengers flying abroad jumped 5.2 percent from 2,262,954 travelers (January - September 2013) to 2,380,164 (January - September 2014).    

Cargo numbers also remained on the upswing, bouncing 2.9 percent from 96,621 tons during the first nine months of 2013 to 99,413 tons in 2014.  

Operations continued experiencing a slight decrease due to American Airlines', who operates more than 90 percent of CLT flights, realignment of operations. Aircraft movements dipped 2.7 percent from 419,145 landings and departures (January - September 2013) to 407,955 through September 2014.