2021-04-24 07:10:49 GMT2021-04-24 15:10:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
OTTAWA, April 23 (Xinhua) China s Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou has overtaken Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as the world s busiest hub in 2020, an international trade group said Thursday.
With nearly 43.77 million passengers through 2020 at Baiyun airport, which is located in Guangzhou, south China, the Chinese airport came to top the list of world s busiest hubs, moving up from the 11th place in 2019, the Airports Council International (ACI) said in a statement.
Hartsfield-Jackson, the U.S. airport that had been at the top of the list for more than two decades, has slipped to the second place, with about 42.92 million passengers through the year.
OTTAWA, April 24 (Bernama): China s Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou has overtaken Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as the world s busiest hub in 2020, reports Xinhua news agency quoted an international trade group.
With nearly 43.77 million passengers through 2020 at Baiyun airport, which is located in Guangzhou, south China, the Chinese airport came to top the list of the world s busiest hubs, moving up from 11th place in 2019, the Airports Council International (ACI) said in a statement.
Hartsfield-Jackson, the United States airport that had been at the top of the list for more than two decades, has slipped to second place, with about 42.92 million passengers through the year.
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The reasons are more than obvious, as airlines are still struggling to recover, although some of them already see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Yet airlines themselves aren’t the only ones that got hit by the global health issue; airports have been affected too, with new ACI figures revealing that Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in the United States is no longer the world’s busiest airport.
It is the first time in 22 years when Atlanta loses the top spot, and unsurprisingly, the one that secured the leading position is Guangzhou Bai Yun International Airport in China.
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