2010 airport figures

ACI (Airports Council International) has released World Airport Traffic Report 2010 which indicates that a strong traffic rebound demonstrates the industry’s resiliency.

Launching the statistics Director General Angela Gittens said: “This annual Report is ACI’s flagship publication, a unique and comprehensive industry reference presenting data from over 1,300 airports in 157 countries.  The Report for 2010 documents a strong rebound from the two-year industry slump.  Global passenger traffic rose by 6.6%, topping the 5bn passenger mark for the first time.  Cargo volumes also hit a record, surging past 91m tonnes with 15.3% growth.  Once again, our industry has shown its resiliency in recovering from a downturn and resuming its historical trajectory of impressive growth.”

In more detail the growth was Middle East (+12%), Asia-Pacific (+11.3%) Africa (+9.5%) and Latin America-Caribbean (+13.2%) showed high growth.  Increases in the mature North American and European markets were 2% and 4.3% respectively; but they remain the top two regions for market share, although Asia-Pacific is rapidly closing the gap.

Worldwide domestic traffic increased by 5.8% while international traffic jumped by 7.7%.  Worldwide aircraft movements increased 1.1% to 74m a very strong indication that airlines were using larger, and hence more efficient, aircraft. www.aci.aero

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