As major airlines have merged and consolidated, St. Louis lost more than the national average of major airline flights over the last four years, as well as a number of airline seats.
According to the St. Louis Business Journal, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport has witnessed its flights dip by 7.3 percent compared to July 2011.
Across the nation, an average of around 6.8 percent of flights were lost.
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