Quad-City Times: The Quad City airport authority’s discussion of monthly passenger traffic Tuesday was vastly different than this time last year. Last May, an airport official said the Quad City International Airport’s passenger totals were “dismal,” with the number of total passengers down 19 percent. On Tuesday, officials said the number of total passengers last month, including both enplanements and deplanements, was up 6 percent. Passengers took over 61,550 trips in May, compared with more than 53,900 last year. May’s enplanements rose from 27,056 in 2017 to 30,756 last month, a 14 percent increase.