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Traffic News
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Argentina leads outbound travel growth in Latin America for H1 2018
International departures from Latin America and the Caribbean for the first half of 2018 are up +9.3% year-on-year, according to latest figures from flight bookings analyst ForwardKeys. Read More
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Zürich Airport commercial turnover posts impressive leap as passenger traffic surges
Zürich Airport turnover from retail and food & beverage climbed by a healthy +11.6% year-on-year in March, buoyed by a +9% rise in passenger traffic. Read More
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Transatlantic traffic growth drives London Gatwick to record March
The airport experienced particularly strong growth in passengers travelling to the USA and Canada, up +37% on March last year. Read More
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Passenger traffic across world’s 20 busiest airports climbs +5.2% in 2017
Global international passenger traffic across a survey of 1,202 airports surged +8.4%, while the top 20 saw international passengers rise +5.2%. Read More
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Global passenger traffic builds on slow start to 2018 with +7.6% growth in February
A rebound in February followed slower demand in January of +4.6%, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA). Read More
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Passenger traffic up +4.4% in Asia Pacific but down -0.4% in Middle East in January
Airports Council International Asia-Pacific says the later timing of Chinese New Year distorted the month’s traffic figures, resulting in slower growth. Read More
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Global airport passenger traffic growth slows in January on Chinese New Year timing
Traffic was up +4.9% year-on-year globally. Europe led the way at +7.6%, but the Middle East saw a -0.4% decline. Read More
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Asia Pacific airlines post healthy increase in international traffic in February
Growth was underpinned by "positive business and consumer sentiment" across mature and emerging markets, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines. Read More
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Summit of the Americas: Data, demographics and the economic impact of travel retail
The final day of the Summit of the Americas conference highlighted new industry data and the factors that will support travel retail growth in the Americas. Read More
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A mixed picture for Asia Pacific regional arrivals in Q4 2017, says PATA
Northeast Asia saw international arrivals decline by -20% in Q4, mainly due to the political situation in South Korea which resulted in a -40% drop in Chinese arrivals to the country. Read More
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London Luton Airport ramps up retail and dining options in 2018
Several high street brand stores have opened including Kurt Geiger, Ted Baker, Rituals, Fiorelli and Oliver Bonas. Chanel and Hugo Boss are set to follow with openings by the summer. Read More
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London Heathrow Airport posts solid traffic growth in February
Traffic to and from South Asia and Latin America led traffic growth by region at London Heathrow Airport in the month. Read More
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USA relies on travel growth from Americas to ease international arrivals slump
Forward bookings from the rest of the Americas could lead recovery in travel to the USA in 2018 after a decline in 2017 and a weak start to 2018, says ForwardKeys. Read More
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National departures from South Korea surge in January but Chinese tourism remains in slump
Visitor departures by South Korean nationals surged +22.4% in January – the second-equal strongest monthly increase since March 2017. But Chinese arrivals fell -46.0%. 2018 begins as 2017 left off for the tourism and travel retail sector. Read More
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