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 INTERNATIONAL. The first six months of 2010 saw international tourist arrivals grow by +7%, according to the August Interim Update of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. This result confirms the recovery trend which began in the last quarter of 2009, and is expected to continue in the second half of the year at a somewhat more moderate rate.
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 INTERNATIONAL. Passenger traffic at the world’s airports continued to rebound in July, according to the latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI). International passenger numbers surged by +9.5% year-on-year, with total traffic growing by +6.9%, a slower rate than in previous months. Asia Pacific and Latin America-Caribbean each posted impressive growth of +14% in the month.
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 INTERNATIONAL. International passenger demand surged by +9.2% year-on-year in July (measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres), according to the latest figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Crucially, July global passenger traffic was +3% higher than the pre-crisis levels of early 2008. IATA chief Giovanni Bisignani says: “Improving demand is an important component of the recovery. But it must translate to the bottom line."
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 JAPAN/SOUTH KOREA. The Japanese are coming. And in very significant numbers, according to analysis of one of travel retail’s most important route networks – Japan to South Korea – by Travel Journal International (TJI) Online. May and June 2010 showed a double-digit year-on-year turnaround, thanks to stable exchange rates and improvement in the South Korean economy, TJI noted. These factors have also driven an influx of Koreans into Japan, a boon to travel retailers in locations such as Narita, Haneda and Kansai Airports.
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 UAE. Dubai International Airport has reported record passenger numbers for July, with volumes passing 4 million for the first time ever. The Middle Eastern hub handled 4.3 million passengers in the month, up by +14.3% on July 2009, with the strongest growth coming from Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific and Russia & CIS routes. Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths says: “This is an important milestone that reflects the consistent growth we have seen over the past years."
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 ASIA PACIFIC. Preliminary figures for July released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) provide further evidence of the strength of the recovery in both passenger and freight markets, with volumes surpassing pre-recession levels. “Asia Pacific airlines are generally well placed to benefit from the improving business environment, and are making some measured additions to capacity and selective expansion of their route networks,” said AAPA Director General Andrew Herdman.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 25/08/10
 INTERNATIONAL. Need to have the latest traffic statistics at your fingertips? Simple. All you have to do from now on is click onto The Moodie Report.com Traffic Monitor PDF, updated every two weeks on this website. Read on for details.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 24/08/10
 NEW ZEALAND. Auckland Airport has reported +4.9% growth in international passenger traffic (excluding transits) year-on-year for the month of July. International arrivals were once again buoyed by Asian passenger traffic, with Japanese arrivals doubling over last year, and Korean and Chinese volumes also up sharply.
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 SINGAPORE. Singapore Changi Airport has posted a +15.9% year-on-year growth in passenger traffic movements to 3.67 million in July – the highest monthly traffic recorded at Changi so far this year. For the year to date the airport has handled a total of 23.9 million passengers, up by a healthy +16.9% compared to the first seven months of 2009.
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 INTERNATIONAL. Record passenger traffic at Sydney and Copenhagen airports buoyed MAp Airports’ core portfolio in the month of July. Sydney Airport traffic climbed by +9.4% year-on-year in July to 3.09 million passengers, while Copenhagen Airport traffic hit 2.21 million, up by +11.3% on last year. Read on for details.
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 FRANCE. Aéroports de Paris has posted a +3.1% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic for July, with Charles de Gaulle Airport handling 5.9 million passengers (+3.2%) and Orly Airport (+2.8%) 2.6 million. International traffic (excluding Europe) continued to shine as all market sectors except Latin America recorded growth, culminating in an overall +5.8% rise compared to July 2009.
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 HONG KONG. Strong summer traffic momentum continued for Hong Kong International Airport as all three traffic categories recorded double-digit growth in July. Airport Authority Hong Kong CEO Stanley Hui Hon-chung said: “The market rebound during the summer holiday travel season has been particularly strong. July saw a high average load factor of close to 80% for passenger flights at HKIA.”
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 IRELAND. Passenger numbers at Dublin Airport hit 2.03 million in July, a -4% decline on the same month last year, according to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA). UK traffic dropped by -9% while transatlantic volumes dipped by -5% compared to July 2009. In the year to date, passenger traffic has fallen by -14%.
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 US. Orlando International Airport handled 2,938,672 passengers in June, an increase of +2.1% on the previous year. International passengers numbered 249,034 – a solid year-on-year rise of +12.2%. Domestic passengers numbered 2,689,638, up by a marginal +1.3%.
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 GERMANY/INTERNATIONAL. Encouraging news from Frankfurt Airport as Germany’s major international gateway sets new monthly and daily passenger records during July. Parent company Fraport Group’s overseas airports also prospered during the month with high double-digit traffic increases in Lima, Peru; Antalya, Turkey; and Burgas, Bulgaria. Read on for all the latest passenger numbers.
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 SWITZERLAND. Commercial activities at Zürich Airport maintained their robust performance in July as net sales to consumers from shops and restaurants climbed by +7.2% year-on-year to CHF44 million (US$41.5 million). Net sales per departing passenger increased by +1.3% over July 2009. Year-to-date commercial turnover is up by a healthy +5.7% against passenger traffic growth of +3.5%.
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 UK. BAA’s flagship airport, London Heathrow, recorded its busiest-ever month in July, with 6.7 million people making journeys through the location, +3.5% more than last year. Sunday 18 July was Heathrow's busiest-ever day, with 232,000 passengers. Results across other group airports were mixed though, with London Stansted seeing a drop of -7.2% due to reduced capacity.
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 GERMANY. Strong passenger growth of +10% year-on-year in July has put Berlin Airports on course for record annual traffic in 2010. The group, which operates Schoenefeld and Tegel airports in the capital, handled 2.16 million passengers in the month and 12.3 million in the first seven months, up by +4.4%.
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 INTERNATIONAL. London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Hong Kong International were the top three airports ranked by international passenger numbers in 2009. That’s according to Airports Council International’s (ACI) World Airport Traffic Report for the year, just released. The top-ranked airport by total passengers numbers was Atlanta (mainly domestic US), while a remarkable 17 of the 25 fastest growing airports were in China.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 04/08/10
 EUROPE. Passenger traffic at Europe’s airports grew by +2.4% year-on-year in H1 2010, according to figures from Airports Council International Europe. The business continues to make what the organisation calls a “timid recovery” from the economic crisis of 2009. Comparisons with the same period in 2008 reveal a fall of -8.4% in passenger volumes.
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INTERNATIONAL. Passenger traffic at the world’s airports climbed by +8% year-on-year in June, maintaining the strong momentum of recent months, Airports Council International (ACI) has reported. International passenger growth stood at a healthy +10.8% with domestic traffic growing by +6.1%. First-half results also showed robust growth, with overall traffic up by +5.9%.
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 US (HAWAII). June was a boom month for Hawaiian tourism as visitor spending rose +16.1% over a depressed June 2009 and tourism numbers increased by +13.6%. The preliminary statistics, released this week by the Hawaii Tourism Authority, were highlighted by a +47.8% surge in Japanese visitors.
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INTERNATIONAL. International passenger demand among the world’s airlines climbed by +11.9% year-on-year in June, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. “There is no indication that the recovery will stall soon,” said IATA CEO Giovanni Bisignani. “But, with government stimulus packages tailing off and restocking largely completed, we expect some slowing over the months ahead.”
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 NEW ZEALAND. Christchurch Airport has seen a +45% increase in the number of passengers on flights from India to Christchurch over the past 12 months, driven by the success of joint-venture marketing and promotions between the airport and Tourism New Zealand. The most recent campaign targets Indian honeymooners.
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UAE. Dubai International Airport has reported a +16.3% year-on-year surge in passenger traffic for the first half of 2010, to 22.55 million. June passenger volumes climbed by +9.6% to 3.68 million. The strong figures are helping to underpin another year of growth at the airport’s key retail operation, Dubai Duty Free.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 23/07/10
NEW ZEALAND. Auckland Airport has reported growth of +6.7% in international passenger traffic (excluding transits) for June, continuing the upward trend seen in May. Key overseas nationalities such as the Japanese, Malaysians and Chinese showed solid increases, while Australian traffic was lifted by additional flight capacity.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 22/07/10
 UAE. Abu Dhabi International Airport passenger traffic climbed by +11.7% year-on-year in the first half of 2010, Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has reported. The top routes from Abu Dhabi in the half were London, Bangkok, Doha, Manila and Bahrain, accounting for 20% of total passenger traffic.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 22/07/10
ASIA PACIFIC. June traffic figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines underline the economic recovery, the organisation said. Asia Pacific-based airlines carried 15.1 million international passengers in June, a +25.2% gain compared to the depressed volumes seen in June 2009.
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SINGAPORE. Singapore Changi Airport registered 3.62 million passenger movements in June 2010, an +18.6% increase year-on-year. Significantly, this was almost +13% more than in June 2008, the group noted. Passenger growth this June was led by traffic to and from Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia and North America. Double-digit growth was recorded for all these regions.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 21/07/10
 ASIA PACIFIC. The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has reported that international visitor arrivals to the Asia Pacific region grew by +10% for the first five months of 2010. International visitor arrivals to the region for the months of April and May grew +7% and +16% respectively, boosted by the improving global economic environment.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 21/07/10
INTERNATIONAL. MAp Airports posted strong traffic results in June. Sydney Airport delivered double-digit traffic growth; Copenhagen Airport saw increased demand on international routes; and Brussels Airport was driven by long-haul growth and new capacity, said MAp Airports CEO Kerrie Mather.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 19/07/10
IRELAND. Dublin Airport handled just under 8.5 million passengers in the first six months of the year, a -16% decline over the same period last year, Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) reports. The airport continues to grapple with the impact of the deterioration in the Irish economy in particular. June traffic fell by -6%, aided partly by the impact of the summer season.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 19/07/10
FRANCE. Aéroports de Paris passenger traffic climbed by a solid +2.3% year-on-year in June to 7.5 million, the group has reported. Some 5.2 million passengers travelled through Paris Charles de Gaulle (+2.5%) with 2.3 million at Paris Orly (+1.7%). Encouragingly from a travel retail viewpoint, international traffic (excluding Europe) outstripped this rate of growth, rising by +5.1%.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 16/07/10
 INTERNATIONAL. Scheduled airline passenger traffic will leap by +6.4% year-on-year in 2010, with Asia Pacific taking a lead role, according to the latest report by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The figures, which are measured in passenger-kilometres performed (PKPs), compare to a decline of -2% in 2009.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 16/07/10
 INTERNATIONAL. Leading aircraft manufacturer Boeing forecasts a US$3.6 trillion market for new commercial aeroplanes over the next 20 years as world economies rebound and demand for new and replacement aircraft spurs growth. Asia Pacific, with China leading the way, will play a major role in driving growth, according to the Boeing 2010 Current Market Outlook.
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 THAILAND. Thailand’s airports handled 17.67 million international passengers in the first six months of 2010, a leap of +13.0% on the same period last year. The robust figures come despite the impact of political unrest around Bangkok in the period from March to May. In June alone, international passenger volumes across the Airports of Thailand network rose by +4.0%.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 15/07/10
 UK. Passenger traffic at London Gatwick Airport slipped marginally (-0.8%) in June to 3.04 million, mainly as a result of capacity reductions in the North Atlantic and Irish markets. Encouragingly, traffic on long-haul routes (excluding North Atlantic) rose by a solid +6.2% year-on-year. Gatwick’s biggest markets, European scheduled and European charter, remained static.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 14/07/10
 DENMARK. Passenger numbers at Copenhagen Airport climbed by +9.3% year-on-year in June, to 2.09 million. The figure was just 5,000 down on the all-time record for the month, which was set in 2008. Year-to-date passenger growth stands at +5.7%.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 13/07/10
 GERMANY. Passenger traffic at Munich Airport climbed by a healthy +12% year-on-year in June to 3.2 million, and by +3% in H1 2010 to 15.8 million. Long-haul traffic has been critical to driving growth, with a +12% surge in the first half. A buoyant company CEO Michael Kerkloh said: "The negative trend is clearly at an end, and Munich Airport is again posting dynamic gains."
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 13/07/10
SWITZERLAND. "The willingness to travel and to spend is back," says Zürich Airport Chief Commercial Officer Peter Eriksson after the airport posted a robust set of commercial results for June. Net sales to consumers from retail and food & beverage posted an encouraging +7.8% increase year-on-year, while sales per departing passenger climbed by +4.5%.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 12/07/10
UK. BAA's UK airports handled 9.5 million passengers in June, a drop of -1.7% on June 2009. Volumes were sharply affected by British Airways cabin crew industrial action at the start of the month, with London Stansted and the Scottish airports all showing declines, and Heathrow posting a marginal +0.1% increase.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 12/07/10
GERMANY. Despite the combined impact of poor winter weather, strikes and the Icelandic ash cloud, passenger figures at Frankfurt Airport rose +7% in June and +1.4% in the first half. Fraport Executive Board Chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte said: "These numbers convincingly show that the finance and economic crisis has been overcome and that the aviation industry... is back on track to reaching and even exceeding the results of the pre-crisis years."
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 09/07/10
 TURKEY. TAV Airports Holding, the leading Turkish airports group, has reported a +13% surge in first-half passengers across its national and international operations, to a total of 21.25 million. The figures were buoyed by a +15% surge in international passengers to 12.5 million – good news for the group’s ATÜ Duty Free joint venture.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 08/07/10
 MEXICO. Passenger traffic at Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) airports leapt by +25.5% year-on-year in June, to 1.38 million. The figures were buoyed by a +45% surge in international traffic, buoyed by comparisons with a weak 2009, when swine flu hit Mexico’s airports hard. Read on for details.
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EUROPE. Passenger traffic at Europe’s airports posted an increase of +5.4% year-on-year in May, according to the latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. Despite the encouraging climb in volumes, passenger numbers remain more than -10% below May 2008.
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INTERNATIONAL. International passenger numbers climbed by +10.3% year-on-year at airports worldwide in May, according to the latest ACI figures. The best regional results were seen in Latin America/Caribbean (+32% international and +18% domestic) and Asia Pacific (+18.5% international and +11% domestic).
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 30/06/10
UAE. Passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport climbed by +12.2% year-on-year in May, Abu Dhabi Airports Company has reported. The top five destinations were Manila (for the first time), London, Doha, Bangkok and Bahrain.
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SINGAPORE. Changi Airport posted a +21.6% surge in passenger traffic for May – its highest monthly year-on-year gain in 2010. The Singapore gateway handled almost 3.39 million passengers during the month. The sharp increase reflects the continued strong recovery from a very soft early 2009 as well as favourable holiday factors, noted Changi Airport Group.
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UK. BAA (SP) Limited, the owner of London Heathrow and Stansted airports, today published a bullish set of forecasts for the financial year to 31 December 2010, including a predicted healthy rise in gross retail income and in net retail income per passenger. Passenger numbers are expected to be 85.2 million at the two airports, down on the previous forecast due to the effects of the volcanic ash cloud and airline industrial action.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 23/06/10
MALAYSIA. Airline passenger traffic in Asia Pacific posted growth of +17.6% in volume during May, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has reported, noting the region’s robust economic upturn. “The latest set of air traffic figures confirms the underlying strength of the economic recovery, led by dynamic growth in the Asia Pacific region,” said AAPA Director General Andrew Herdman.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 23/06/10
NEW ZEALAND. Auckland Airport has reported growth of +1.8% in international passenger traffic for May, following a flat set of results for April. Key overseas nationalities such as the Japanese, Koreans and Chinese showed solid increases.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 23/06/10
 UAE. Dubai International Airport posted a +13.6% surge in passenger traffic in May, the eleventh month in a row of double-digit traffic growth. Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths said he expects traffic to break previous records in the summer months ahead.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 21/06/10
IRELAND. Passenger traffic at Dublin Airport was just under 1.6 million in May, a -15% fall on the same period last year, according to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA). The figure continues the sharp downward trend in traffic so far this year. Without the impact of the volcanic ash cloud on traffic May volumes would have fallen by -9%.
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INTERNATIONAL. Passenger traffic at MAp Airports’ portfolio bounced back to post strong growth in May, following the problems caused by the volcanic ash cloud in April, notably at its European locations. Sydney Airport continued its robust performance of previous months with a +9% surge in volumes, Copenhagen Airport saw traffic climb by +11.9%, and Brussels Airport was lifted by a +7.2% rise in long-haul traffic.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 17/06/10
FRANCE. Aéroports de Paris has reported passenger traffic growth of +3.3% year-on-year in May, following a -19.1% dip in April due to the impact of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud. International traffic (excluding Europe) grew by +5.3% in May while European traffic grew by +2.3%. At Paris CDG, traffic climbed by +3.5% to 5.2 million.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 17/06/10
 HONG KONG. Passenger traffic at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) hit 4.1 million in May, a surge of +14.4% on the same period last year. The double-digit increase was partly due to the comparison with a weak May in 2009, caused by the swine flu scare. South East Asia and North Asia posted the highest visitor increases, noted the airport.
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DENMARK. Copenhagen Airport passenger numbers leapt by +11.9% year-on-year in May, to 1.89 million. The growth brought travel patterns back to the level before the ash cloud paralysed European airspace for six days in April. International passenger growth was +10% in the month, with domestic traffic up by +29.7%.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 14/06/10
 SPAIN. Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA), Spain's airport authority, has reported a +2.9% year-on-year increase in passenger numbers across its airport network for May 2010. There was particularly encouraging growth at the country's two major airports, Madrid Barajas and Barcelona El Prat.
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 14/06/10
GERMANY. Munich Airport handled 3.07 million passengers in May, a surge of +8% compared to the same month last year, with an encouraging +8.7% rise in international traffic. For the year to date, passenger traffic is up marginally, with international passenger volumes increasing by a healthy +3.1%.
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SWITZERLAND. Zürich Airport turned in a rousing traffic and commercial performance in May, despite the impact of the volcano cloud crisis in the early part of the month. Commercial turnover (retail and food & beverage sales) outstripped traffic growth, rising +10.5% year-on-year to CHF43.2 million (US$37.5 million).
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EUROPE. The unprecedented closure of up to 80% of Europe’s airports for six days in April caused a dramatic downturn in passenger numbers during the month, the latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe have confirmed. Traffic volumes fell by -13.5% year-on-year, with only a handful of airports, notably in Turkey and Russia, posting growth in April. Read on for details.
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 GERMANY. Frankfurt Airport handled 4.76 million passengers in May, a +7.1% surge compared to May 2009, parent company Fraport said today. The figure was a record for the month of May. Fraport AG Executive Board Chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte said the “extremely satisfying figures" confirmed the upward trend in passenger volumes of recent months.
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UK. BAA passenger traffic fell by -4.5% year-on-year to 8.6 million, the airports group reported today. The decline was due to the continuing impact of April’s volcanic ash cloud, allied to British Airways’ cabin crew strike action. Without these effects, traffic volumes would have increased in the month, said BAA. Passenger numbers at key travel retail location Heathrow dipped by -3.1%.
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 AUSTRIA. Vienna International Airport handled 1,788,516 passengers during May 2010, an increase of +11.4% year-on-year. There was strong growth on its key routes to Eastern Europe (+14.5%), while Middle East traffic also posted a robust increase.
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 LITHUANIA. Vilnius International Airport is to open a series of new retail and food & beverage outlets over the summer months, including a new store from Gebr Heinemann partner UAB Travel Retail Vilnius. The move comes as passenger traffic rises sharply at the location (+19% year-on-year in May).
Source: ©The Moodie Report - 07/06/10
INTERNATIONAL. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects airlines worldwide to post a profit of US$2.5 billion in 2010 – a major improvement compared with IATA’s previous forecast of a US$2.8 billion loss. “The top line improvement this year puts us about 75% on the way to pre-crisis levels,” says IATA Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani.
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MEXICO. Passenger traffic at Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) airports surged by +85.8% year-on-year in May, to 1.37 million. The strong figures come from comparisons with a devastating May in 2009, when the H1N1 virus hit the travel and tourism business in Mexico hard.
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