US 2016 airline passenger total was a record 928.9m
- Health & Leisure
- Tuesday, 28 March 2017
The US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported US airlines and foreign airlines serving the United States carried an all-time high of 928.9 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in 2016, 3.5 per cent more than the previous record high of 897.9 million reached in 2015.
US airlines carried 3.3 per cent more passengers on domestic flights and 1.7 per cent more passengers on international flights in 2016 than in 2015 for a systemwide increase of 3.1 per cent. Foreign airlines carried 6.3 per cent more passengers to and from the United States than in 2015. The 209.9 million passengers on international flights to and from the United States was a record high, exceeding the previous high set in 2015.
Airlines with most passengers in 2016
Southwest Airlines carried more total system passengers in 2016 than any other US airline. American Airlines carried more passengers on international flights to and from the US in 2016 than any other US or foreign carrier. British Airways carried the most passengers on flights to and from the US of any foreign airline.
US airports with most passengers in 2016
More total system passengers boarded planes in 2016 at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International than at any other US airport. More passengers boarded international flights at New York John F. Kennedy than at any other US airport
