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PASSENGERS TRANSPORTED ON THE TOP THREE INTERNATIONAL ROUTES

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

PASSENGERS TRANSPORTED ON THE TOP THREE INTERNATIONAL ROUTES

Passengers Transported on the Top Three Routes in the Americas

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Passengers Transported on the Top Three Routes in the Americas. If you are a user with a disability and cannot view this image, please call 800-853-1351 or email answers@bts.gov for further assistance.

Passengers Transported on the Top Three Overseas Routes

Passengers Transported on the Top Three Overseas Routes. If you are a user with a disability and cannot view this image, please call 800-853-1351 or email answers@bts.gov for further assistance.

International passenger travel generates much revenue for transportation carriers, hotels, restaurants, and other travel-related businesses. Despite the terrorist attacks, international travel can be expected to place increased demands on the nation's transportation network and pose new challenges for the transportation sector. In particular, the key gateways- airports and land border crossing- that primarily service these travel flows will continue to be affected.

Passengers transported on the top three international routes, both overseas and in the Americas, are highly seasonal, with more people traveling in July and August. Since September 2001, the number of passengers has decreased dramatically, not following the usual seasonal pattern.

Passengers Transported on the Americas Routes Dec-00 Dec-01
New York-Toronto 104,181 76,790
Percent change from same month previous year   -3.15 -26.29
Chicago-Toronto  57,725 53,393
Percent change from same month previous year  -15.91  -7.50
LA-Mexico City  87,140 14,753
Percent change from same month previous year    8.62 -83.07

 

Passengers Transported on Overseas Routes Dec-00 Dec-01
New York-London 329,441 233,291
Percent change from same month previous year    6.45  -29.19
Honolulu-Tokyo 161,988  52,866
Percent change from same month previous year   15.53  -67.36
Los Angeles-Tokyo 135,522  51,883
Percent change from same month previous year    5.86  -61.72

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Air Carrier Traffic and Capacity Data by Nonstop Segment and On-Flight Market.