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Passenger traffic at Richmond International Airport broke a record in February and increased for the 17th consecutive month.

Compared with a year ago, February traffic was up 13.9 percent: from 252,520 passengers in 2018 to 287,683 last month, the Capital Region Airport Commission reported Tuesday.

Since the beginning of the airport’s fiscal year on July 1, passenger traffic is up 13.2 percent.

Delta Air Lines continued to have the largest market share at the airport — but just barely.

Delta’s market share was 30.85 percent of the passengers using Richmond International Airport, while American Airlines was a close second with a 30.32 percent market share.

United Airlines was next with 13.44 percent market share, followed by JetBlue Airways (13.02 percent), Southwest Airlines (5.22 percent) and Spirit Airlines (4.99 percent).

JetBlue saw the biggest increase in year-over-year growth in February with a 15.87 percent jump. United saw a 14.68 percent increase while American Airlines had an 11.68 percent jump, Southwest had a 1.38 percent increase and Delta had a 0.53 percent gain.

In April, two carriers will add new service, the airport reported.