Half of the world’s 10 busiest airports for 2022 are in the United States
Five of the world’s busiest airports for passengers in 2022 had been within the United States, in response to preliminary world air visitors figures.
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was nonetheless the world’s busiest airport for passenger quantity in 2022, holding the highest spot it reclaimed in 2021 after being knocked off stride by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airports Council International, a commerce affiliation representing almost 2,000 airports, launched the rankings on Wednesday.
Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver and Chicago O’Hare took the second, third and fourth slots, respectively. Los Angeles was No. 6 among the many busiest airports in 2022.
The robust U.S. displaying is due to a wholesome rebound within the home market. All of the U.S. airports within the high 10 have vital home passenger shares — between 75 and 95 per cent home visitors, in response to ACI.
In 2021, eight out of the highest 10 busiest airports had been within the United States.
More broadly, home markets are recovering sooner than worldwide markets.
“In the international markets, of course we are suffering a little bit more in terms of the recovery,” mentioned Luis Felipe de Oliveira, director common of ACI World, in an interview with CNN Travel.
However, Dubai International (No. 5), London Heathrow (No. 8) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (No. 10) returned to the highest 10 in 2022 after two pandemic years of being knocked off their pre-pandemic high 10 perches.
The London hub recorded the most important year-over-year visitors bounce of the highest 10, with an almost 218 per cent improve in passenger quantity from 2021, due to the lifting of restrictions in March 2022.
And Dubai was the No. 1 airport in 2022 for worldwide passengers, adopted by London Heathrow and Amsterdam Schiphol.
New to the general high 10 for passengers in 2022 had been Istanbul Airport at No. 7 and Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi at No. 9.
For the primary time in a few years, no airports in China made it into the highest 10 busiest checklist. After the United States, China is the world’s second-largest home journey market.
Global visitors in 2022 reached almost seven billion passengers, 73.8 per cent of 2019 ranges, in response to ACI, with home journey at 80 per cent of 2019 ranges and worldwide visitors at 60 per cent.
AIR TRAVEL SHOULD BE ‘MUCH BETTER’ IN 2023
Last 12 months additionally introduced large air journey disruptions in some areas associated to surges in demand that outpaced ramp-ups in staffing and capability, which had been slashed early within the pandemic.
This 12 months must be “much better,” de Oliveira mentioned, noting that air journey is an “ecosystem.”
“We haven’t got an airline with out an airport. We haven’t got an airport with out an airline, however you do not have the business with out the client, the passenger.
“That’s why for us it’s very important to maintain and work together with the whole ecosystem to provide a good service for our passengers. And in that way, we are much more prepared than last year to cope with the demand,” he mentioned.
One of the most important classes for the business from the pandemic? A necessity for world collaboration.
“We cannot take decisions that are not based in facts, that are not based in science,” de Oliveira mentioned, noting a necessity for coordinated guidelines “rather than each country taking a decision based on their own conclusions about the measures they need to take. The coordination for us is more important than what kind of rules that you apply.”
ACI expects world passenger visitors to achieve 92 per cent of 2019 ranges in 2023. A full restoration to 2019 ranges is not anticipated till 2024.
WORLD’S TOP 10 BUSIEST AIRPORTS FOR PASSENGER TRAFFIC IN 2022
1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, Georgia (ATL): 93.7 million passengers; up 23.8 per cent from 2021
2. Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (DFW): 73.4 million passengers; up 17.5 per cent from 2021
3. Denver, Colorado (DEN): 69.3 million passengers; up 17.8 per cent from 2021
4. Chicago O’Hare, Illinois (ORD): 68.3 million passengers; up 26.5 per cent from 2021
5. Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DXB): 66.1 million passengers; up 127 per cent from 2021
6. Los Angeles, California (LAX): 65.9 million passengers; up 37.3 per cent from 2021
7. Istanbul, Turkiye (IST): 64.3 million passengers; up 73.8 per cent from 2021
8. London Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR): 61.6 million passengers; up 217.7 per cent from 2021
9. Delhi, India (DEL): 59.5 million passengers; up 60.2 per cent from 2021
10. Paris Charles de Gaulle, France (CDG): 57.5 million passengers; up 119.4 per cent from 2021
