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Regional traffic (pkm) growth (% change year-on-year): 2009 to 2011

Region

2009

2010

2011

2012

Africa 

-3.3

9.8

8.5

7.7

Asia Pacific

-0.2

10.8

7.5

7.5

Europe

-3.9

3.5

2.5

2.7

Middle East

9.1

15.5

12.0

11.5

North America

-3.9

2.8

2.2

2.5

Latin America/Caribbean

0.9

9.8

5.5

5.6

World

-2.0

6.4

4.7

4.9

Source: ICAO, Jul-2010. See related CAPA report on the ICAO Outlook

World's busiest airports by passenger numbers: 2009

Rank Airport Code Pax %
1 Atlanta ATL 87,993,451 -2.3
2 London Heathrow
LHR 66,037,578 -1.5
3 Beijing PEK 65,329,851 16.8
4 Chicago O’Hare ORD 64,397,891 -8.8
5 Tokyo Haneda
HND 61,903,656 -7.2
6 Paris CDG CDG 57,884,954 -4.9
7 Los Angeles LAX
LAX 56,518,605 -5.5
8 Dallas/Fort Worth DFW 56,030,457 -1.9
9 Frankfurt FRA 50,932,840 -4.7
10 Denver DEN 50,167,485 -2.1
11 Madrid MAD 48,248,890 -5.1
12 New York JFK
JFK 45,912,430 -3.9
13 Hong Kong HKG 45,560,888 -4.8
14 Amsterdam AMS 43,569,553 -8.1
15 Dubai DXB 40,901,752 9.2
16 Bangkok BKK 40,500,269 4.9
17 Las Vegas LAS 40,460,310 -8.2
18 Houston IAH 39,993,236 -4.1
19 Phoenix PHX 37,824,982 -5.2
20 San Francisco SFO 37,366,287 0.2
21 Singapore SIN 37,203,978 -1.3
22 Guangzhou CAN 37,048,550 10.8
23 Jakarta CGK 36,466,823 13.3
24 Charlotte CLT 34,577,808 -0.5
25 Miami MIA 33,886,025 -0.5
26 Orlando MCO 33,731,431 -5.4
27 Rome FCO 33,723,213 -4.0
28 Sydney SYD 33,444,687 0.4
29 Newark EWR 33,400,626 -5.5
30 Munich MUC 32,681,067 -5.4

Source: ACI

CAPA DATA

CAPA also produces CAPA DATA - a comprehensive monthly airline traffic database, with well over 100 airlines worldwide covered. It includes data from carriers NOT included in the established industry associations' data sets, including Chinese, Indian, Russian and Brazilian airlines, as well as many LCCs. Exclusive CAPA analysis of the latest results is included every month, highlighting the hot spots, the key trends, and - most importantly - the outlook for demand going forward. CAPA DATA is also available in Excel format, giving readers the ability to manipulate the data. It will soon be available online!

The airlines tracked each month in CAPA DATA are as follows:

NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES IN CAPA DATA

Air Canada, AirTran, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian, Jazz, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, WestJet

EUROPEAN AIRLINES IN CAPA DATA

Adria Airways, Air Berlin, Air France, Air Malta, Air One, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, Blue1, bmi, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Croatia Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Cyprus Airways, easyJet, Finnair, Iberia, Icelandair, JAT Airways, KLM, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Luxair, Malev, Norwegian, Olympic Airlines, Ryanair, SAS, SilkAir, Spanair, Swiss International Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Tarom, Turkish Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways

ASIA PACIFIC AIRLINES IN CAPA DATA

Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, EVA Airways, Garuda Indonesia, GoAir, Hainan Airlines, Indigo, Japan Airlines, Jet Airways, Jet Lite, Jetstar, Kingfisher, Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Qantas, Royal Brunei Airlines, Singapore Airlines, SpiceJet, Thai Airways, Vietnam Airlines, Virgin Blue

LATIN AMERICAN AIRLINES IN CAPA DATA

GOL, Lan Airlines, TAM Linhas Aereas

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