Geneva, Switzerland: According to ACI`s (Airports Council International) report, the tragic events of 11 September 2001 coupled with the worldwide…
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September 2001 results from over 700 airports worldwide show passenger traffic down in all regions. Hardest hit was North America with a 32 percent drop. Passenger traffic also dropped in Africa (-6 percent), the Middle East and Latin America/Caribbean (-4 percent each), Asia/Pacific and Europe (-3 percent each). Twenty-three of the top 30 airports saw their traffic drop dramatically. Among them: San Francisco (-38 percent); Dallas/Ft. Worth (-35 percent); and Chicago O`Hare (-34 percent). For the first time, Tokyo Haneda was the world`s busiest airport handling 5.2 million passengers (+3 percent) in September.
Double-digit drops in cargo volume handled were registered in North America (-29 percent), Latin America/Caribbean (-16 percent), Europe (-15 percent) and Asia/Pacific (-12 percent). Cargo traffic was also down in the Middle East (-7 percent), but remained flat in Africa. World`s top cargo airport, Memphis, recorded a 12 percent increase with 235,000 metric tonnes handled. Other gainers in the otherwise slumping cargo traffic were Shanghai (+13 percent), Dubai (+5 percent), Guangzhou (+4 percent) and Beijing (+1 percent).
Aircraft movements rose in Africa (+2 percent), but fell sharply in North America (-24 percent). They also dropped in Latin America/Caribbean (-6 percent), the Middle East (-5 percent), Europe (-3 percent) and Asia/Pacific (-1 percent).
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