A new Airport Council International (ACI) report has revealed that sustained growth in passenger traffic continued throughout Q3 2017.
Growth remained unaffected by the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
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In September this year, year-over-year traffic across Europe reached 8.9%, which is almost double the global rate.
In addition, passenger volumes in the Asia-Pacific and Africa reached 7.3% and 6.6% respectively compared to the same period last year. The Latin America-Caribbean region registered a moderate rise of 3.2%.
Passenger numbers at airports located in Puerto Rico (SJU) and Miami (MIA) reported a significant year-over-year fall of 34.4% and 21.9% respectively.
Year-to-date figures in September for both Latin America-Caribbean and North America remained positive with respective growth rates of 4.5% and 3.1%.
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By GlobalDataAt Doha airport, passenger traffic posted a considerable decline of 18.3% compared to the same period last year and more than 5% points lower than that of August this year.
In terms of cargo, global surge affecting freight volumes reduced in September 2017 with year-over-year figures reducing to 6.8%, which posted a fall from the 10.5% registered in August.
During the month, most regions registered strong freight traffic, with Africa posting the highest growth rate of 16.2% compared to the same month last year.
The Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East regions also reported considerable increases, with 9.4%, 8%, and 7.3% growth rates respectively.
