Airports Council International (ACI) has revealed preliminary world airport traffic rankings covering cargo volumes, and aircraft movements for 2019 combined with a glimpse of 2020 data which shows the dramatic impact of COVID-19 on airports in the first quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has brought airports around the world to a virtual standstill, resulting in an estimated reduction of more than 4.6 billion passengers and more than US$97 billion in lost revenue for 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The combined 2019 and 2020 data shows the dramatic decline in air travel in the first quarter of 2020. In the top five, Beijing Airport notably experienced a -62.6% decline in passenger traffic but large decreases were also recorded across other top 20 airports in Asia-Pacific as the COVID-19 outbreak began to take hold in that region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Air cargo volumes declined -3.9% at the world\u2019s top 20 airports as they handled a combined 48 million metric tons of cargo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hong Kong Airport remains the largest air cargo hub, handling 4.8 million metric tons of cargo in 2019, but it experienced a decline in volume of -6.1% compared to 2018. Memphis Airport was in second place and Shanghai Airport came in third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the top 10, the only airports to record increases in cargo volumes last year were UPS home hub Louisville, which benefited from growth in e-commerce demand, and Doha, which is the home of fast expanding Qatar Cargo, now the world\u2019s largest cargo airline (excluding integrators) in terms of volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guangzhou in 16th place also saw its cargo volumes improve last year as its importance as a freighter hub continues to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Hong Kong
2 Memphis
3 Shanghai
4 Incheon
5 Anchorage
6 Dubai
7 Louisville
8 Taipei
9 Tokyo
10 Los Angeles
11 Doha
12 Singapore
13 Frankfurt
14 Paris
15 Miami
16 Beijing
17 Guangzhou
18 Chicago
19 Heathrow
20 Amsterdam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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