World’s airports host over 9bln passengers in 2019 – ZAWYA

World’s airports host over 9bln passengers in 2019 – ZAWYA

world's airports host over 9bln passengers in 2019 the airports industry was experiencing a period of sustained passenger traffic growth in 2019    aci's world airport traffic report dataset covers passenger traffic, cargo volumes, and aircraft movements for the full year 2019, including coverage of 2,565 airports in 180 countries worldwide."the airports industry was experiencing a period of sustained passenger traffic growth in 2019 but, despite this consistent growth, we are now facing the worst crisis the industry has ever confronted, with crippling losses in passenger traffic and revenues due to the impact of the covid-19 pandemic,“ aci world director general luis felipe de oliveira said.the world's airports accommodated 9.1 billion passengers, 120 million metric tonnes of cargo, and more than 102 million aircraft movements in 2019, said airports council international (aci) world, the trade association of the world's airports."the airports industry was experiencing a period of sustained passenger traffic growth in 2019 but, despite this consistent growth, we are now facing the worst crisis the industry has ever confronted, with crippling losses in passenger traffic and revenues due to the impact of the covid-19 pandemic,“ aci world director general luis felipe de oliveira said."we are, however, positive about the