April 2013 YTD U.S. - International Air Passenger Traffic up Three Percent

International Air Traffic up One Percent in April
South America and Middle East Produced Strong Traffic for the Year

International air traffic to/from the U.S.⁽¹⁾ totaled 57.3 million passengers through April 2013, a three percent increase over the April 2012 year-to-date period. U.S. citizen travel (24.5 million) was up one percent and comprised 43 percent of all air traffic. However, non-U.S. citizen air travelers (32.8 million) increased by five percent raising their market share to 57 percent.
U.S. airlines carried 30.9 million passengers, up two percent, however their share slipped to 54 percent. Foreign flags carried 26.4 million passengers, up five percent from same period 2012.

International	Passengers (mlns)	% Chg y-o-y	Market Share	% Pt. chg.
U.S. Citizens	24.538	1%	43%	-1
Non-U.S. Citizens	32.755	5%	57%	+1
U.S. Flag Carriers (2)	30.884	2%	54%	-1
Foreign Flag Carriers	26.409	5%	46%	+1

The following, overseas, Canada and Mexico regions are ‘breakouts’ of international:
Overseas air traffic accounted for 41.3 million passengers, 72 percent of all international, and grew by three percent. U.S. citizen travel (18.2 million) was flat and comprised 44 percent of overseas air traffic. Non-U.S. citizen air travelers (23.1 million) increased by five percent increasing their market share to 56 percent.
U.S. airlines carried 21.4 million passengers, up one percent, their share dropping from 53 to 52 percent. Foreign flags carried 19.9 million passengers, up five percent from April 2012 YTD.

Overseas Regions	Passengers (mlns)	% Chg y-o-y	Market Share	% Pt. chg.
U.S. Citizens	18.196	0%	44%	-1
Non-U.S. Citizens	23.132	5%	56%	+1
U.S. Flag Carriers	21.445	1%	52%	-1
Foreign Flag Carriers	19.884	5%	48%	+1

Overseas regions performed as follows:

Overseas Regions	Passengers (mlns)	% of all International	% Change 2013 / 2012 YTD
Europe	14.244	25%	-0.5%
Asia	8.857	15%	4.8%
Caribbean	6.473	11%	0.8%
South America	4.689	8%	8.3%
Central America	3.292	6%	4.9%
Middle East	2.007	3%	9.2%
Oceania	1.353	2%	6.2%
Africa	0.413	1%	0.2%

North American markets accounted for 28 percent of U.S. international air traffic flows.
Canadian air traffic accounted for 8.7 million passengers, 15 percent of all international traffic, and increased by four percent. U.S. citizen travel (1.7 million) increased five percent and comprised 19 percent of air traffic. Canadian, and other foreign national citizen air travelers transiting through Canada (7.0 million), increased by four percent. Market share remained unchanged at 81 percent.
U.S. flags carried 3.6 million passengers, up four percent from last year, and their share remained at 42 percent. Foreign flags carried 5.1 million passengers, up five percent.

Canada Region	Passengers (mlns)	% Chg y-o-y	Market Share	% Pt. chg.
U.S. Citizens	1.656	5%	19%	0
Non-U.S. Citizens	7.039	4%	81%	0
U.S. Flag Carriers	3.644	4%	42%	0
Foreign Flag Carriers	5.051	5%	58%	0

Mexico air traffic accounted for 7.3 million passengers, 13 percent of all international traffic, and was up five percent. U.S. citizen travel (4.7 million) increased five percent and comprised 64 percent of all air traffic. Mexicans, and other foreign national air travelers (2.6 million) transiting through Mexico, increased by six percent, increasing market share to 36 percent.
U.S. flags carried 5.8 million passengers, up four percent from last year, and their share slipped from 81 to 80 percent. Foreign flags carried 1.5 million passengers, up 10 percent increasing share to 20 percent.

Mexican Region	Passengers (mlns)	% Chg y-o-y	Market Share	% Pt. chg.
U.S. Citizens	4.686	5%	64%	-1
Non-U.S. Citizens	2.584	6%	36%	+1
U.S. Flag Carriers	5.795	4%	80%	-1
Foreign Flag Carriers	1.475	10%	20%	+1

April 2013 Year-to-Date
Top 10 Foreign Airports (Passenger Traffic to/From U.S.):
22.4 million Passengers, 39% of Total International Air Traffic

		Passengers (millions)	% Chg y-o-y
1.	London Heathrow (LHR)	4.016	0%
2.	Toronto (YYZ)	3.628	8%
3.	Tokyo Narita (NRT)	3.077	4%
4.	Cancun (CUN)	2.313	6%
5.	Frankfurt (FRT)	1.788	0%
6.	Mexico City (MEX)	1.774	9%
7.	Paris/de Gaulle (CDG)	1.627	-3%
8.	Incheon (ICT)	1.549	6%
9.	Vancouver (YVR)	1.386	-3%
10.	Amsterdam (AMS)	1.226	2%

Top 10 U.S. Airports (Passenger Traffic to/From Foreign Airports):
39.1 million Passengers, 68% of Total Air Traffic

		Passengers (millions)	% Chg y-o-y
1.	New York (JFK)	7.645	4%
2.	Miami (MIA)	6.630	3%
3.	Los Angeles (LAX)	5.387	1%
4.	Newark (EWR)	2.584	0%
5.	Atlanta (ATL)	2.139	3%
6.	Chicago (ORD)	3.130	0%
7.	Houston (IAH)	2.877	3%
8.	San Francisco (SFO)	2.787	2%
9.	Washington Dulles (IAD)	1.982	4%
10.	Dallas-Ft Worth (DFW)	1.980	10%

Top 10 Airlines⁽²⁾ Serving U.S. International Non-Stop Markets:
35.2million Passengers, 61% of Total Air Traffic

		Passengers (millions)	% Chg y-o-y
1.	United Airlines	9.348	2%
2.	American Airlines	7.044	-1%
3.	Delta Air Lines	6.220	3%
4.	US Airways	2.614	2%
5.	Air Canada	2.456	4%
6.	British Airways	2.018	2%
7.	West Jet	1.551	9%
8.	Lufthansa	1.522	4%
9.	Jet Blue Airways	1.471	10%
10.	Korean Air Lines	0.979	6%

Monthly % changes:
January 2013 traffic was up 3.5 percent, February, up 1.9 percent and March, up 7.0 percent.
(Note: Easter/Passover was ‘earlier’ this year (March 31) vs. April 8, 2012) and April, up 0.7%.

Later this month OTTI will publish the April U.S. Citizen Outbound, all mode travel, when aggregate Canadian and Mexican departure data is received from Stats Canada and Banco de Mexico, respectively. (U.S. Citizen outbound is a component in the estimation of U.S. travel ‘imports’. For current 2013, March: http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/view/m-2013-O-001/index.html