November is the first month since March 2008 during which all regions registered positive passenger traffic growth (see Tables 2 for regional splits). As December is expected to show further growth across all regions, the global year-end decline may possibly be less than 3 percent.

China, India, Brazil continue to lead domestic passenger traffic recovery, but Europe and North America also show moderate domestic growth for the first time in 2009. International traffic growth was dominated by Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions (Singapore +10%, Kuala Lumpur +21%, Bangkok +35%, Dubai +13%).

Freight traffic surged during the month, in part a results of the comparison with low results from 2008, but equally due to new growth and firming in several markets. Outstanding results from several key hubs (Anchorage +50%, Shanghai Pudong + 31%, Los Angeles +23%, Incheon +22%, Dubai +21%, Hong Kong +16%, Memphis +5%). International growth outpaced domestic for first time in over a year, and airports can expect the same trend in passenger traffic soon.

ACI World Economics Director Andreas Schimm adds, “The November results provide good reason to be optimistic about 2010. Freight results will continue to perform strongly as the world emerges from recession, and business and consumer confidence rises. Inventories are empty and rebounding demand will result in more orders and increased production of goods.”

Table 1: Summary Worldwide Traffic Results, NOVEMBER 2009 (% change)
	Nov  2009 over   Nov 2008		YTD Jan - Nov  2009 over YTD 2008	Rolling 12 months,  through   Nov 2009
PaxFlash
International passenger		3.1	- 4.7	- 4.8
Domestic passenger		5.3	- 1.7	- 1.9
Total passenger		4.2	- 3.2	- 3.4
FreightFlash
International freight		-13.8	- 12.7	- 13.8
Domestic freight		6.7	- 5.3	- 5.4
Total freight		10.9	- 10.3	- 11.1