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Source: ACI $111bn


Net global loss for airports in 2021, compared with 2019 levels, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.


5.6 billion


Fewer global passengers in 2020 compared with 2019 volumes.


3.1 billion 4.6 billion


Number of passengers for global domestic traffi c in 2021.


Forecast reduction in global passengers by the end of 2021 compared with 2019.


Global passenger traffi c in 2021 is only expected to reach 50% of what it was in 2019 – 4.6 billion in total compared with 9.2 billion two years prior.


58.5% 4/10 7/10


Change from 2019 rank


10 1


21 6


21 42 5 8


28 36


World top ten busiest airports (total passenger traffi c) City


Passenger 2020 total (millions)


Guangzhou Atlanta


Chengdu


Dallas Fort Worth Shenzhen Chongqing Beijing Denver


Kunming Shanghai


43.77


42.92 40.74 39.36 37.92 34.94 34.51 33.74 33.0


31.16 Country


Global domestic traffi c levels in 2021 compared with 2019.


Number of Chinese airports in the top ten busiest in 2019.


Number of Chinese airports in the top ten busiest in 2021.


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