BISMARCK, N.D. (Prairie Public Radio) – North Dakota’s commercial airports saw a surge in demand during March.

State aeronautics commission director Kyle Wanner says that’s the kind of trajectory he’d hoped to see as summer travel season approaches.

Wanner says airlines are now easing some restrictions on planes. Delta has announced it would start seating passengers in middle seats again come June.

During the pandemic, Delta dropped its Williston to Minneapolis flight. But Wanner says Delta will start flying that route again in June.

In Jamestown, the Regional Airport saw 830 passengers, up from the 590 in 2020. There have been a total of 1,764 boarding’s in the first three months of 2021 at the Jamestown Regional Airport.