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Passenger traffic at Montreal’s Trudeau airport was up another 3.9 per cent in the three months ended June 30 from the same quarter last year, to a record 3.8 million, Aéroports de Montréal reported Friday.

Through the first half of the year, the airport is running about 4 per cent ahead of last year’s numbers, with 7.5 million passengers coming or going.

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Revenue rose 6 per cent to $119.5 million in the second quarter and totalled $239 million for the half-year, with the growth attributed to the increase in passenger traffic and higher revenue from commercial activities.

Transfers to governments and rent paid to Transport Canada totalled $44.7 million this year (19 per cent of gross revenue) through June 30, the airport authority reported.