ACI Media Press Release Archives (2005)

Worldwide freight growth, however, was sluggish with a modest overall increase of 1%. Domestic freight rose 2% whereas international tonnage remained flat relative to July 2004. The longer term analysis is more positive, with international freight data increasing 3% for the first seven months of 2005 and 7% for the 12-month period ending in July 2005.

International traffic growth has been strong, registering 7% growth in July and a cumulative rate surpassing 8% for the past 12 months. By comparison, domestic passenger traffic shows a firm but more modest increase of 4% for July and 6% for the 12-month period, reflecting the impact of relatively low domestic growth rates in both North America and Europe.

Regional analysis for both the year-to-date and 12-month categories show that the Asia/Pacific, Latin American and Middle Eastern regions continue to lead passenger growth with double-digit increases, and also report the strongest growth in freight traffic, as indicated in tables 2 and 3. Examples of airports reporting high passenger growth rates in July include Johannesburg (JNB) 26%, Beijing (PEK) 20%, Buenos Aires (EZE) 19%, Dubai (DXB) 13% and Salt Lake City (SLC) 22%, and in Europe several airports increased total traffic by 9% or more, including Athens (ATH), Barcelona (BCN), Geneva (GVA), Munich (MUC) and Vienna (VIE).

TABLE 1 – SUMMARY WORLDWIDE TRAFFIC RESULTS

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