Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is seeing passenger counts dip as pandemic takes hold

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport officials were expecting a slowdown as travelers adjusted plans in the face of a pandemic, and there are signs that slowdown is already underway. Rick King, chair of the Metropolitan Airports Commission, said Friday that MSP — coming off a record year in 2019 — had seen the year’s “robust” passenger counts suddenly dip as the first week of March came to a close. “We’re seeing the volume declining by about 10 percent right now, year-over-year,”…