[WATCH NOW] Exclusive interview Dealing with passenger emotions at AENA, [ON-DEMAND] Planning as a service a sensible approach to save costs? International travel returns: Top 10 busiest airports in the world Top 10: Busiest airports by aircraft movements Figures are calculated by totalling all aircraft landings and take-offs at each airport throughout the course of the year, with consideration of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Passenger traffic fell by half in 2020, then back up by a quarter in 2021. Earlier this year CAPA published an article in which passenger figures for the worlds Top 50 airports by passenger numbers in 2020 compared to preliminary figures for 2021 showed that pandemic recovery rates varied enormously across the world. He prepared the facilities by deploying new technology and working on enhancing passenger experience. This cookie is set by Spotler to track the Internet Information Services (IIS) session state. Air cargo volumes are estimated to have decreased by 6.7% year-over-year (-1.7% versus 2019), too close to 117 million metric tonnes in 2022. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. How the extended lockdown in Shanghai in 1Q2022 and beyond will affect its passenger and cargo figures for this year is yet to be revealed. >> Watch now, [ON-DEMAND] International Airport Summit 2022 >> Catch up with our flagship event, [LISTEN NOW] Our latest podcast episode exclusive interview with the CEO of iGA Istanbul Airport, [READ] Another permanent emergency? You can adjust the available sliders to 'Enabled' or 'Disabled', then click 'Save and Accept'. Morale never flagged because Bheodari made sure those employees felt valued through hazard pay, special meals, social media posts, intranet spotlight features, and other incentives. Charlotte Douglas International Airport is a civil-military airport located in North Carolina and is financially operated on a fully self-sustaining basis. The top 10 airports for aircraft movements, representing close to 7% of global traffic (5.7 million movements), witnessed a gain of 11.4% from their 2021 results, recovering to 91.5% vis--vis their 2019 results (6.2 million in 2019). The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Advertising & Targeting". During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dinsdale, as CFO of the airport at the time, fought relentlessly to make sure that the company survived the crisis and worked with great commitment to secure the funding of the airport. The airport forecasts to receive 85m passengers in 2016. Located in Paradise, Nevada, McCarran International Airport is the main airport for public and military use in the Las Vegas Valley. [READ NOW] Our In-Depth Focus on digital transformation is now available to download! You need a Statista Account for unlimited access. ORD is still in second rank after leading ATL in 2019 and 2018. ACI data shows that the outbreak of COVID-19 had a dramatic and immediate impact on the worlds airports and the wider aviation ecosystem, ACI World Director General Angela Gittens said. It is the main international airportservingNew York City, with over 90 airlines operating from it. He also developed a COVID booklet with information and guidance for the airport community regarding good hygiene and health practices and led the beginning of the publication of a monthly newsletter with passenger curve information, allowing the planning of reopening and rehiring by commercial stores. 2. List of busiest passenger air routes Beijing Capital International Airport Best Feature: In a word baggage handling (or two). During the COVID-19 pandemic, Raghunath worked closely with all the aero concessionaires and cargo operators to minimise disruption and provide financial relief to them. Ad space in the monthly newsletter Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG, 3.1 million metric tonnes, -21.7%) lost its spot to ANC and ended up in 4thposition. You can only download this statistic as a Premium user. Airport Movement The airport improved its ranking from the 54th position as borders reopened in March 2022 after two years of closures. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis, however, has brought airports around the world to a virtual standstill, resulting in airport traffic and revenue losses across all regions. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Preliminary figures indicate that with the resumption of international travel, 2022 global passenger traffic reached close to 7 billion, representing an increase of 53.5% from 2021, or a 73.8% recovery from 2019 results. UTM values are specific text strings that are appended to URLs that allow Communigator to track the URLs and the UTM values when they get clicked on. OAG says of the top 20 busiest airports globally, only Delhi, Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy. Saggaf also initiated a capacity building programme for the airside team by drafting SOPS, training and coaching, as well as initiating dedicated workshops to discuss ideas and to deploy new initiatives. The combined 2019 and 2020 data shows the dramatic decline in air travel in the first quarter of 2020.