Traffic volume at SLO County airport continues to rebound as the economy improves. May's departing passenger traffic rose 13.2 percent compared to last year – the first double-digit increase in almost two years.

Meanwhile, SkyWest has reduced its SLO fares, some by more than 50 percent; one-way tickets to L.A. are now being offered for as low as $109.

U.S. Airways will soon begin a new 50-seat 9 a.m. Sunday flight to Phoenix. According to the USA Today, airline capacity is down nationwide by 1.1 percent. 

However, San Luis Obispo has 12.8 percent more outbound seats, or an additional 538 seats daily, this July than it did in July 2009.