Chinese airport passenger traffic became the largest worldwide

Created on 10.02.2021 16:05

In 2020, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport became the largest in the world in terms of passenger traffic, overtaking the previous leader Atlanta Airport, which was in first position for 22 consecutive years. According to Baiyun Airport's data, the annual passenger traffic in 2020 amounted to 43.76 million, approximately 40 percent from 2019, Dknews writes.

However, Baiyun Airport has risen from 11th position to first place in global ranking due to the effective measures of the epidemic against coronavirus in China. Atlanta airport's data revealed the passenger traffic in 2020 amounted to 42.91 million, around 61.17 percent from previous year.

In the global airport ranking of 2019, the top five included Atlanta Airport, Beijing Capital Airport, Los Angeles Airport, Dubai Airport and Tokyo Haneda Airport. At the same time, the number of passengers at Atlanta Airport and Beijing Capital Airport exceeded 100 million.

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