INTERNATIONAL. Total passenger traffic for September 2004 grew +7.4% year-on-year with international traffic rising +8.9%, according to Airports Council International’s (ACI) PAX Flash, published each month by The Moodie Report.com as a free service to readers.
ACI TRAFFIC SUMMARY (AMONG MAJOR WORLD AIRPORTS) | ||||||
| ACI REGIONS | SEP 2004/2003 | 12 MONTHS ENDING SEP 2004/2003 | No of participating airports | % of total airports 2003 | ||
INTL PAX | % CHG | INTL PAX | % CHG | |||
| AFRICA | 1, 972.3 | +13.5 | 20,819.8 | +14.1 | 8 | 44 |
| ASIA PACIFIC | 18,077.7 | +13.6 | 210,019.5 | +22.3 | 18 | 61 |
| EUROPE | 52,564.9 | +7.1 | 536,297.6 | +8.0 | 40 | 67 |
| LATIN AMERICA | 2,489.8 | +8.1 | 30,532.9 | +12.9 | 7 | 36 |
| MIDDLE EAST | 3,739.9 | +13.2 | 40,467.1 | +20.4 | 5 | 51 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 7,953.9 | +7.7 | 102,478.8 | +13.1 | 26 | 59 |
| ACI TOTAL | 86,796.5 | +8.9 | 940,615.7 | +12.3 | 104 | 60 |
Source: ACI; The Moodie Report; *Data in 000s | ||||||
There were three standout performances from the regions. Asia Pacific led the international growth with a +13.6% rise to nearly 18.1 million international passengers. Africa rose +13.5% to just under 2 million passengers while the Middle East continued its impressive growth, climbing by +13.2% year-on-year to 3.7 million.
The biggest region, Europe, posted 52.6 million international passengers, up +7.1% over the same month last year. North America climbed +7.7% to just under 8 million and Latin America/Caribbean rose +8.1% to 2.5 million.
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For the 12-month rolling period ended September 2004, total passenger traffic increased +10.1%, while international passenger traffic rose +12.3% (to 940.6 million) compared with the same rolling period a year earlier.
Again Asia Pacific led the growth with international numbers surging by +22.3% (though comparisons are distorted by the SARS effect in 2003) to 210 million, followed by the Middle East with an increase of +20.4% to 40.5 million. North America, the next biggest region in passenger terms, saw growth of +13.1% to 102.5 million.
NOTE: International traffic is defined as passengers between the designated airport location and an airport in another country/territory.
