International air passenger travel up in United States
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U.S.-international air traffic passenger enplanements totaled 24.729 million in July 2023, with enplanements reaching 97.8 per cent of pre-pandemic July 2019 volume, according to data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO ).
Non-U.S. citizen air passenger arrivals to the United States from foreign countries totaled 5.065 million in July 2023, up 19.4% compared to July 2022. This represents 83.6% of pre-pandemic July 2019 volume.
Similarly, overseas visitor arrivals totaled 3.138 million in July 2023, the twenty-first consecutive month overseas visitor arrivals exceeded 1.0 million.
U.S. citizen air passenger departures from the United States to foreign countries totaled 7.099 million in July 2023, up 14.0% compared to July 2022 and exceeding July 2019 volume by 9.9%.
Total air passenger travel (arrivals and departures) between the United States and other countries were led by Mexico (3.743 million), Canada (2.894 million), the United Kingdom (2.181 million), the Dominican Republic (1.147 million), and Germany (1.120 million).
Regarding international regional air travel to/from the United States, Europe totaled 7.759 million passengers, and South/Central America/Caribbean totaled 6.050 million. Asia totaled 2.317 million passengers, up 79.3% over July 2022, but still down (-32.8%) compared to July 2019.
Top U.S. Ports serving international locations were New York (JFK) 3.477 million, Los Angeles (LAX) 2.277 million, Miami (MIA) 2.129 million, Newark (EWR) 1.539 million and San Francisco (SFO) 1.487 million.
Top Foreign Ports serving U.S. locations were London Heathrow (LHR) 1.787 million, Cancun (CUN) 1.302 million, Toronto (YYZ) 1.113 million, Paris (CDG) 866,000, and Mexico City (MEX) 754,000.
27 August , 2023
Photo : International Trade Admn. USA
