Passenger traffic exceeds 5 buillion for first time: ACI World
ACI World released its 2010 World Airport Traffic Report, which covers annual data for 1318 airports in 157 countries. ACI stated that for the first time, global passenger traffic exceeded 5 billion, a 6.6% year-on-year increase. Cargo traffic also set a new record, increasing 15.3% to 91 million tonnes. Highlights include:
- Passenger numbers: 5.04 billion, +6.6%. All six regions recorded increases;
- Domestic: +5.8%;
- International: +7.7%;
- Cargo volume: 91.0 million tonnes, +15.3%.
Passengers by market:
- Africa: 156.0 million, +9.5%;
- Asia Pacific: 1.29 billion, +11.3%;
- Europe: 1.47 billion, +4.3%;
- Latin America and the Caribbean: 403.7 million, +13.2%;
- Middle East: 206.62 million, +12.0%;
- North America: 1.51 billion, +2.5%.
Busiest airports (total passengers):
- Atlanta: 89.3 million, +1.5%;
- Beijing: 74.0 million, +13.1%;
- Chicago O'Hare: 66.8 million, +4.1%;
- London Heathrow: 65.9 million, -0.2%;
- Tokyo Haneda: 64.2 million, +3.7%;
- Los Angeles: 59.1 million, +4.5%;
- Paris CDG: 58.2 million, +0.4%;
- Dallas/Fort Worth: 56.9 million, +1.6%;
- Frankfurt: 53.0, +4.1%;
- Denver: 52.2 million, +4.1%.
Busiest airports (international passengers):
- London Heathrow: 60.9 million, +0.4%;
- Paris CDG: 53.2 million, +0.2%;
- Hong Kong: 49.8 million, +10.6%;
- Dubai: 46.3 million, +15.5%;
- Frankfurt: 46.3 million, +4.0%;
- Amsterdam: 45.1 million, +3.7%;
- Singapore: 40.9 million, +13.4%;
- Seoul Incheon: 32.9 million, +17.3%;
- Tokyo Narita: 32.2 million, +4.1%;
- Bangkok: 31.4 million, +9.0%.
Busiest airports (cargo):
- Hong Kong: 4.1 million tonnes, +23.2%;
- Memphis: 3.9 million tonnes, +5.9%;
- Shanghai Pudong: 3.2 million tonnes, +26.9%;
- Seoul Incheon: 2.7 million tonnes, +16.1%;
- Anchorage: 2.6 million tonnes, +36.6%;
- Paris CDG: 2.4 million tonnes, +16.8%;
- Frankfurt: 2.3 million tonnes, +20.5%;
- Dubai: 2.3 million tonnes, 17.8%;
- Tokyo Narita: 2.2 million tonnes, 17.1%;
- Louisville: 2.1 million tonnes, 11.2%.
Busiest airport (movements):
- Atlanta: 950,119, -2.1%;
- Chicago O'Hare: 882,617, +6.6%;
- Los Angeles: 666,938, +4.8%;
- Dallas/Fort Worth: 652,261, +2.1%;
- Denver: 630,063, +3.8%;
- Houston George Bush: 531,347, -1.3%;
- Charlotte: 529,101, +3.9%;
- Beijing: 517,584, +6.0%;
- Las Vegas: 505,591, -1.1%;
- Paris CDG: 499,997, -4.8%.
Fastest growing airports (with more than 5 million pax p/a):
- Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen: 11.6 million, +74.7%;
- Sao Paulo Campinas: 5.6 million, +57.8%;
- Rio de Janeiro Santo Dumont: 7.8 million, +53.5%;
- Brussels South Charleroi: 5.2 million, +31.7%;
- Moscow Sheremetyevo: 19.3 million, +30.9%;
- Belo Horizonte: 7.6 million, +29.5%;
- Bogota: 19.8 million, +26.8%;
- Phuket: 7.3 million, +26.5%;
- Shanghai Pudong: 40.6 million, +26.4%;
- Muscat: 5.8 million, +26.2%.
ACI: "While ACI welcomes the industry's rebound, these numbers underscore the urgency of the airport capacity challenge. Airport operators worldwide are focussing on the need to provide the passenger a positive, seamless travel experience, and planning new capacity to meet the expected doubling of passenger numbers in the next 15 to 20 years. More than ever, governments and our airline partners will need to work closely with tour airports to ensure that the required capacity is added in a safe, secure, efficient and sustainable manner. At the same time, air navigation systems will need to be upgraded to keep pace with the growth curve." Angela Gittens, Director General. Source: ACI, 01-Aug-2011.