The world's busiest airports in 2019 face a steep uphill climb
The world's busiest airports list is out for 2019, highlighting just how precipitously air travel has plunged amid the coronavirus pandemic. The data, released Tuesday by airport trade association Airports Council International, shows that passenger traffic at the world's top 20 busiest airports grew by 1.7% in 2019. But that was before the Covid-19 crisis brought airports around the world to a near standstill. "The demand is pretty much gone," said Angela Gittens, ACI World's director general. Traffic is down by more than 90%, she said, and border restrictions and long quarantines for travellers are in effect in many places. ACI estimates that 4.6b fewer passengers will pass through airports in 2020, with a $97b reduction in revenue. The world's busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport saw 110.5m passengers in 2019. In Q1 2020, the Atlanta airport logged 20.7m passengers, down more than 18% from the same period last year. The steepest declines in passenger traffic in the first quarter of 2020 appeared in China, where the novel coronavirus emerged. Beijing Capital International Airport saw a 62.6% decline in passengers in the first three months of 2020.<br/>
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The world's busiest airports in 2019 face a steep uphill climb
The world's busiest airports list is out for 2019, highlighting just how precipitously air travel has plunged amid the coronavirus pandemic. The data, released Tuesday by airport trade association Airports Council International, shows that passenger traffic at the world's top 20 busiest airports grew by 1.7% in 2019. But that was before the Covid-19 crisis brought airports around the world to a near standstill. "The demand is pretty much gone," said Angela Gittens, ACI World's director general. Traffic is down by more than 90%, she said, and border restrictions and long quarantines for travellers are in effect in many places. ACI estimates that 4.6b fewer passengers will pass through airports in 2020, with a $97b reduction in revenue. The world's busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport saw 110.5m passengers in 2019. In Q1 2020, the Atlanta airport logged 20.7m passengers, down more than 18% from the same period last year. The steepest declines in passenger traffic in the first quarter of 2020 appeared in China, where the novel coronavirus emerged. Beijing Capital International Airport saw a 62.6% decline in passengers in the first three months of 2020.<br/>
