"Miami airport tops for international passengers"

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Miami airport tops for international passengers
The South Florida Business Journal 


Miami International Airport ranked first in the nation for international
passengers boarded on U.S. airline carriers.
 
Enplaned international passengers at MIA rose 5 percent, year-over-year, in
March, to 446,100 from 424,700, according to the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
 
New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport ranked second in the nation
for enplaned international passengers, with 380,300 in March, up 7.4 percent
from 354,000.
 
Denver International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and
Los Angeles International Airport rounded out the top five.
 
MIA currently ranks second in the nation for total international passengers
behind JFK.
 
Total scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. carriers
climbed 2.2 percent in March, to 63.6 million from 62.2 million in 2010. The
passenger rise was also 4.3 percent higher than two years ago, but remained
6.1 percent below the early recession level of March 2008.
 
Delta Air Lines carried the most total system and domestic passengers in
March. The Atlanta-based airline ranked second in the South Florida Business
Journal's list of the region's top 25 air carriers.
 
American Airlines , which has a large hub at MIA, carried the most
international passengers in March. The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline
ranked first on the Business Journal's air carriers list.
 
Delta and American Airlines also ranked first and second, respectively, on
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' list of the top baggage fee
collectors in 2010.

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