Whether you’re looking at a year-on-year comparability or the calendar yr or particularly journey between America and Europe, journey numbers are up all over the place,
Air visitors passenger enplanements are up 44% YOY for December 2022 and up 97% for calendar yr 2022. For air passenger journey between the US and Europe, journey is up 248% for 2022.
Data not too long ago launched by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) present that in 2022:
U.S.-International air visitors passenger enplanements (APIS/I-92 arrivals + departures) totaled:
•            18.737 million in December 2022, up 44% in comparison with December 2021, with enplanements reaching 89% of pre-pandemic December 2019 quantity.
•            196.682 million in calendar yr 2022, up 97% in comparison with 2021, with enplanements reaching 77% of pre-pandemic 2019 quantity.
Originating Non-Stop Air Travel in December 2022 and Calendar Year 2022
•            Non-U.S. Citizen Air Passenger Arrivals to the United States from international nations totaled:
o            4.370 million in December 2022, up 48% in comparison with December 2021 and 78% in comparison with pre-pandemic December 2019 quantity.
o            42.821 million in calendar yr 2022, up 108% in comparison with 2021 and 66% in comparison with pre-pandemic 2019 quantity.
On a associated word, abroad customer arrivals (with stays of 1-night or extra within the United States and visiting beneath sure visa varieties) (ADIS/ I-94) totaled 2.482 million in December 2022, the fourteenth consecutive month abroad customer arrivals exceeded 1.0 million. December abroad customer arrivals reached 71.15% of pre-pandemic December 2019 quantity, up from 66.85% in November 2022. For the yr 2022, there have been a complete of 23.953 million abroad guests, a 161% enhance from 2021 and representing 59% of pre-COVID abroad customer quantity in 2019, up from 23% in 2021.
•            U.S. Citizen Air Passenger Departures from the United States to international nations totaled:
o            5.446 million in December 2022, up 43% in comparison with December 2021 and exceeding December 2019 quantity by 3.6%.
o            54.566 million in calendar yr 2022, up 88% in comparison with calendar yr 2021 and 90% of pre-pandemic 2019 quantity.
World Region Highlights (APIS/I-92 arrivals + departures)
•            Total air passenger journey (arrivals and departures) between the United States and different nations had been led in December 2022 and calander yr 2022, respectively, by:
o            Mexico 3.20 million (December 2022) and 36.224 million (calander yr 2022)
o            Canada 2.21 million and 22.028 million
o            United Kingdom 1.43 million and 15.545 million
o            Dominican Republic 795,000 and 9.141 million
o            Germany 789,000 and eight.850 million
•            International regional air journey to/from the United States in calendar yr 2022:
o            Europe continued to strengthen all through 2022, totaling 57.526 million passengers, up 248% from 2021, and down solely (-24.2%) in comparison with pre-pandemic 2019.
o            South/Central America/Caribbean totaled 51.872 million in 2022, up 45% over 2021, and was down solely (-9%) in comparison with 2019.
o            Asia totaled 12.369 million passengers in 2022, up 206% over 2021, however nonetheless down (-68%) in comparison with 2019.
•            Top U.S. ports serving worldwide places in calander yr 2022 had been: New York (JFK) 27.528 million, Miami (MIA) 21.128 million, Los Angeles (LAX) 16.718 million, Newark (EWR) 12.588 million and Chicago (ORD) 11.482 million.
•            Top international ports serving U.S. places in 2022 had been London Heathrow (LHR) 13.523 million, Cancun (CUN) 12.281 million, Toronto (YYZ) 9.332 million, Mexico City 7.490 million, and Paris (CDG) 6.763 million.