ACI Media Press Release Archives (2005)

"We note that despite fuel and security surcharges, passenger demand remains robust. This strong traffic growth should be helpful to the airline industry at a time when it faces historically high fuel costs."

As the table below indicates, global passenger traffic surged 6.7% in June 2005 compared to the same month in 2004, with three regions (Africa, Middle East and Latin America/Caribbean) showing double-digit growth. Examples of airports in each region showing high rates of growth for June include Casablanca 29.6%, Shanghai (SHA) 25.8%, Budapest 27.2%, Sao Paolo 16.1%, Dubai 16.5% and Washington Dulles 34.5%.

International passengers increased by 7.3% and domestic passengers by 6.2%. Year on year, the 12 months ending in June 2005 airports worldwide recorded an 8% increase over the previous 12 months and freight by 5.8%. Regional results can be found in the monthly statistics section of the Data Center and are included in full release download below. 

TABLE 1 - SUMMARY WORLDWIDE TRAFFIC RESULTS