A 6.4 percent increase in worldwide passenger traffic last year amounts to the strongest rate of growth since 2010, the year traffic grew by 6.6 percent amid the rebound from the Great Recession, according to a new report released Friday by Airports Council International. Despite a slight weakening of overall economic growth in 2015 to 3.3 percent, growth in passenger traffic approached pre-recessionary levels seen in 2004 and 2007. International tourism accounted for much of last year’s growth, despite geopolitical risks in certain parts of the world such as the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Air cargo markets remained weaker than passenger markets, however, achieving a modest 3.6 percent growth in total volumes due to what ACI called subdued growth in emerging markets and developing economies, coupled with a more modest recovery in advanced economies.
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