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The World’s Busiest Airports: Atlanta Once Again Tops the List
Atlanta has retained its title because the busiest airport on the planet, as extra individuals return to flying all around the globe.
There have been 93.7 million passengers who handed via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport in 2022, a 24% improve from the prior 12 months, in accordance with figures launched Wednesday by Airports Council Worldwide World, an business group.
Like most different main airports, Atlanta nonetheless hasn’t absolutely bounced again from the pandemic, when air journey slowed sharply after lockdown restrictions have been imposed. The variety of passengers who handed via Atlanta in 2022 was 15% lower than in 2019, in accordance with ACI World.
Atlanta has been the busiest airport for 2 straight years and three of the previous 4; in 2020 it was the second-busiest behind
Guangzhou Baiyun Worldwide Airport
in southern China.
The variety of world vacationers elevated to almost 7 billion in 2022, a 54% improve from the prior 12 months, in accordance with ACI World. However 2022 figures got here in about 26% lower than 2019.
Dallas Fort Price Worldwide Airport got here in second on the busiest airport record with 73.4 million passengers in 2022, in accordance with ACI World. Denver Worldwide Airport was third with 69.3 million vacationers, and Chicago O’Hare Worldwide Airport got here in fourth with 68.3 million. The highest 4 didn’t change from 2021.
The final U.S. airport on the record was Los Angeles Worldwide Airport, which got here in sixth with 65.9 million passengers.
5 airports positioned in main cities exterior of the U.S. joined the ranks of the highest 10 busiest airports after lacking the record final 12 months. These cities are Dubai, Istanbul, London, New Delhi and Paris.
Los Angeles Worldwide Airport in 2022.
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“Whereas U.S. airport hubs have been capable of recuperate faster on account of their sturdy home market, we are actually witnessing world hubs becoming a member of higher ranks,”
Luis Felipe de Oliveira,
director normal at ACI World, stated in a press release.
The U.S. airline business is coming off a bumpy 12 months because it rebounds from the pandemic. Vacationers made greater than 60,000 complaints from January 2022 to November after waves of flight cancellations and delays disrupted journey, in accordance with U.S. PIRG Schooling Fund, a public-interest analysis group which examined U.S. Division of Transportation information. That was practically quadruple the variety of complaints filed in 2019.
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About 181,000 flights have been canceled in 2022 by the biggest U.S. airways, in accordance with U.S. PIRG Schooling Fund. Solely 2001, following the 9/11 assaults, and 2020, the beginning of the pandemic, had extra flight cancellations over the previous 20 years, in accordance with the group.
U.S. airline executives stated they anticipate air journey demand shall be sturdy in 2023 however enterprise journey will doubtless lag behind.
Worldwide journey is anticipated to indicate extra positive aspects in 2023 after China, the second-largest aviation market after the U.S., relaxed Covid-19 journey restrictions, Mr. de Oliveira stated.
Of the 5 U.S. airports on the top-10 record, solely Denver has returned to prepandemic ranges for vacationers. Los Angeles fared the worst, with 2022 passenger quantity falling behind 2019 by 25%.
| Airport | 2022 Passengers (in thousands and thousands) | % Change vs 2021 | % Change vs 2019 | Rating, 2022 | Rating, 2021 | Rating, 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta, Ga. | 93.7 | 24% | -15% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dallas/Forth Price, TX | 73.4 | 18% | -2% | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Denver, Co. | 69.3 | 18% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Chicago, Il. | 68.3 | 27% | -19% | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Dubai | 66.1 | 127% | -24% | 5 | 27 | 4 |
| Los Angeles | 65.9 | 37% | -25% | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Istanbul | 64.3 | 74% | 23% | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| London | 61.6 | 218% | -24% | 8 | 54 | 7 |
| New Delhi | 59.5 | 60% | -13% | 9 | 13 | 17 |
| Paris | 57.5 | 119% | -25% | 10 | 31 | 9 |
Source: Airports Council Worldwide World
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