INTERNATIONAL. Passenger traffic at the world’s airports maintained the recent robust trend with a +1.8% rise in volumes in October compared to the same month last year. Airports Council International (ACI) revealed the latest figures today in its monthly ACI PaxFlash.
International traffic dipped by -0.2% in the month, though this was an improvement on the -1.1% drop in September. Domestic passenger volumes rose by +3.5%.
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The positive figures for October were bolstered by improved results in Europe (-1.9%) and North America (-1.3%) – mature markets hard hit by economic recession, noted ACI. Latin America/Caribbean airports registered strong domestic growth (up +25.8%, with an overall increase of +18.8%). Continuing growth in Asia Pacific (+6.7%) and Middle East (+8.7%) markets also contributed to the improving overall results, although these were slightly below strong September figures. African traffic dipped by -1.9% year-on-year.
ACI said: “Comparing month-by-month results against 2008 for the past 12 months, global traffic has continued to climb since May 2009 – with domestic traffic leading the renewed demand curve.
“The slight decrease in domestic traffic growth [+3.5% in October compared to +4.4% in September] is due to more moderate growth results, primarily in China, and modest results in the Philippines reflect the impact of bad weather conditions.”
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Key Indian airports reported good results with strong domestic traffic growth at Mumbai (+ 33.1%) and Delhi (+37.9%). Other major locations to report strong domestic growth included Sao Paulo (+37%), Jakarta (+26.4%) and Bangkok (+54.9% domestic and +11.4% international).
International traffic leaders around the world in October included Kuala Lumpur (+19.5%), Washington DC (+16.8%), Dubai (+12.2%) and Istanbul (+13.6%).
For the year to date total passenger traffic is down by -3.9% year-on-year, with international traffic down -5.4% and domestic off by -2.5%.
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