China and US dominate busiest airport rankings for 2020
The busiest airports in the world were all in China and the
The latest figures from
ACI)
World show a 45.7% drop in traffic at the world’s 10 busiest airports last year, with a 64.6% drop worldwide.
Atlanta Hartfield-Jackson International Airport dropped off the top spot for 2020, replaced by
Guangzhou Bai Yun International Airport, according to preliminary data released by ACI today.
Guangzhou is one of seven Chinese airports in the top 10, with third-place
Chengdu climbing up from 24
th last year and ninth places
Shanghai rising from 46
th in 2019. The remaining three spots in the top 10 are taken by American airports.
2020 was the worst year for DFW Airport travel since Ronald Reagan was president
Love Field suffered, too, as COVID-19′s grip on the travel industry hasn’t loosened.
Israel Valles, 5, holds on to his baby Yoda toy while waiting for his father as his family returned from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, at DFW International Airport in Dallas, on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
The pandemic-stricken year of 2020 was the worst for DFW International Airport in more than three decades, far outpacing all other economic disasters since the airport opened in 1974.
The 39.4 million passengers who got on and off planes at the airport last year was the smallest number since 1985, a startling sign that shows just how much of a setback the COVID-19 pandemic caused for the travel industry and how much it continues to hurt.