Air traffic in both North America and Latin America is poised for steady growth in 2025, with increasing numbers of passengers flocking to airports, ACI says.
Caribbean governments, airport authorities and tourism organizations call for more air service but they face long-time and new hurdles to attracting airlines.
Passenger traffic in Latin America and the Caribbean is forecast to return to long-run pre-pandemic growth trends—but the lack of harmonization between governments remains a problem.
Latest data from the organisation’s membership shows global passenger traffic grew 7.3 per cent in December 2016 and 5.5 per cent for the year as a whole. All regions except Africa posted growth in passenger volumes for the year, ranging from 2.2 per cent in the recessionary Latin America-Caribbean region to over 9.0 per cent in the buoyant Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.