It’s been a summer of swift changes at Manhattan Regional Airport.

Travel ticked up during the month of July, with 7,835 passengers boarding flights at MHK. Envoy Air general manager Brennan Walter told Manhattan’s Airport Advisory Board on Monday it represents an 82% load factor, the metric used to calculate the percentage of occupied seats on an aircraft.

“That’s phenomenal,” he said. “We want to be at 80 or above. That sends a really good message to American (Airlines) on how well our market can do supporting more service.”

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