August Year-to-Date Total U.S.-International Air Traffic up Eight Percent
Foreign Citizen and Foreign Flag Traffic Growth Outpaced U.S. Citizens and Carriers
Performance metrics reported are:
- Total air travel (arrivals + departures),
- U.S. citizen and foreign citizen air travelers,
- U.S. flag and foreign flag carriers,
-
Top
U.S. and foreign airports.
International air traffic to/from the United States (1) totaled 121.3 million passengers from January through August 2012, an eight percent increase over the first eight months of 2011.
U.S. citizen air travel (55.1 million) increased five percent and comprised 45 percent of all air traffic. Foreign national (non-U.S. citizen) air travelers (66.2 million) increased by 10 percent, increasing share of the total market from 53 to 55 percent.
U.S. airlines carried 66.0 million passengers, up five percent, however their share dropped two percentage points to 54 percent. Foreign flags carried 55.3 million passengers, up 11 percent from January-August 2011, with their share increasing to 46 percent.
U.S.
- International
|
Passengers
(mlns)
|
%
Chg y-o-y
|
Market
Share
|
%
Pt change
|
U.S.
Citizens |
55.128
|
5%
|
45%
|
-2
|
Foreign
Nationals |
66.190
|
11%
|
55%
|
+2
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Flag Carriers (2) |
65.972
|
5%
|
54%
|
-2
|
Foreign
Flag Carriers |
55.346
|
11%
|
46%
|
+2
|
International is the grand total of overseas, Canada and Mexico regions, as follows:
Overseas air traffic accounted for 90.7 million passengers, 75 percent of all international air traffic for year-to-date.
U.S. citizen travel (42.1 million) increased five percent and comprised 46 percent of all air traffic. Foreign national air travelers (48.7 million) increased by 11 percent, increasing market share to 54 percent, a two percentage point increase in share between 2011 and 2012.
U.S. airlines carried 47.4 million passengers, up six percent, and their share decreased from 53 to 52 percent. Foreign flags carried 43.4 million passengers, up 10 percent from the first eight months of 2011. Their traffic share increased to 48 percent.
U.S.
- Overseas Regions
|
Passengers
(mlns)
|
%
Chg y-o-y
|
Market
Share
|
%
Pt change
|
U.S.
Citizens |
42.060
|
5%
|
46%
|
-2
|
Foreign
Nationals |
48.663
|
11%
|
54%
|
+2
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Flag Carriers |
47.360
|
6%
|
52%
|
-1
|
Foreign
Flag Carriers |
43.363
|
10%
|
48%
|
+1
|
Overseas
Regions
|
Passengers
(mlns)
|
%
of all International
|
Europe |
36.162 |
30% |
Asia |
18.006 |
15% |
Caribbean |
13.668 |
11% |
South
America |
8.805 |
7% |
Central
America |
6.327 |
5% |
Middle
East |
4.156 |
3% |
Oceania |
2.646 |
2% |
Africa |
0.953 |
1% |
Total
Overseas |
90.723 |
75% |
U.S.-Canada air traffic accounted for 16.9 million passengers, 14 percent of all international traffic, and was up seven percent year-to-date.
U.S. citizen travel (4.5 million) increased five percent and comprised only 27 percent of air traffic in the market. Canadian and other foreign national citizen air travelers (12.4 million) increased by eight percent with their market share resulting at 73 percent.
U.S. flags carried 7.8 million passengers, up three percent, and their share dropped from 48 to 46 percent. Foreign flags carried 9.1 million passengers, up 11 percent increasing their share to 54 percent.
U.S.
- Canada
|
Passengers
(mlns)
|
%
Chg y-o-y
|
Market
Share
|
%
Pt change
|
U.S.
Citizens |
4.489
|
5%
|
27%
|
NC
|
Foreign
Nationals |
12.399
|
8%
|
73%
|
NC
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Flag Carriers |
7.820
|
3%
|
46%
|
-2
|
Foreign
Flag Carriers |
9.067
|
11%
|
54%
|
+2
|
U.S. citizen travel (8.6 million) increased three percent and comprised 63 percent of all air traffic. Foreign national air travelers (5.1 million) increased by 13 percent increasing their market share to 37 percent.
U.S. flags carried 10.8 million passengers, up two percent from last year, and their share dropped from 83 to 79 percent. Foreign flags carried 2.9 million passengers, up 29 percent increasing share to 21 percent.
U.S.
- Mexico
|
Passengers
(mlns)
|
%
Chg y-o-y
|
Market
Share
|
%
Pt change
|
U.S.
Citizens |
8.580
|
3%
|
63%
|
-2
|
Foreign
Nationals |
5.128
|
13%
|
37%
|
+2
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Flag Carriers |
10.791
|
2%
|
79%
|
-4
|
Foreign
Flag Carriers |
2.916
|
29%
|
21%
|
+4
|
Accounted for 40 Percent of U.S. - International Air Traffic, the same as July 2012 YTD
|
|
Passengers
(millions) |
1. |
London
Heathrow (LHR) |
9.441 |
2. |
Toronto
(YYZ) |
7.021 |
3. |
Tokyo
Narita (NRT) |
6.379 |
4. |
Frankfurt
(FRT) |
4.471 |
5. |
Cancun
(CUN) |
4.189 |
6. |
Paris/de
Gaulle (CDG) |
4.175 |
7. |
Mexico
City (MEX) |
3.575 |
8. |
Incheon
(ICT) |
3.180 |
9. |
Vancouver
(YVR) |
3.099 |
10. |
Amsterdam
(AMS) |
2.946 |
|
|
48.476 |
Accounted for 70 Percent of All U.S. - International Air Traffic
|
|
Passengers
(Millions) |
1. |
New
York (JFK) |
17.209 |
2. |
Miami
(MIA) |
13.003 |
3. |
Los
Angeles (LAX) |
11.625 |
4. |
Newark
(EWR) |
7.965 |
5. |
Chicago
(ORD) |
7.235 |
6. |
Atlanta
(ATL) |
6.762 |
7. |
San
Francisco (SFO) |
6.343 |
8. |
Houston
(IAH) |
6.081 |
9. |
Washington
Dulles (IAD) |
4.505 |
10. |
Dallas-Ft
Worth (DFW) |
4.037 |
|
|
84.675 |
Accounted for 60 Percent of All U.S. - International Air Traffic
Down from 62 Percent July2012 YTD
|
|
Passengers
(Millions) |
1. |
United
Airlines (UA/CO)* |
20.197 |
2. |
American
Airlines (AA) |
14.945 |
3. |
Delta
Air Lines (DL) |
13.884 |
4. |
US
Airways (US) |
5.665 |
5. |
Air
Canada (AC) |
4.522 |
6. |
British
Airways (BA) |
4.466 |
7. |
Lufthansa
(LH) |
3.533 |
8. |
Jet
Blue Airways (JB) |
2.909 |
9. |
West
Jet |
2.421 |
10. |
Air
France (AF) |
2.377 |
|
|
72.382 |