Eastern Iowa Airport `not immune` to crisis facing small airports
(WorldNews Health)

Oct. 2--As Eastern Iowa Airport finishes the summer travel season, the airport is in a financial position it`s never been in before -- projecting a loss for the 2020-21 budget. It`s not unique to the Eastern Iowa area. Airports across the country are facing financial strains as business and leisure travelers alike hold off on air travel during the novel coronavirus pandemic. For every one passenger going through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint on Sept. 30, there were more than three on that day a year ago. That is similar to what the Cedar Rapids-based airport is seeing. Passenger totals have increased every month since April -- but August numbers still were down 63.2...