Today’s announcement that Southwest has a new marketing relationship with a rideshare company was no surprise. As rideshare services have become an ever-larger part of the travel landscape, such tie-ups have proliferated. It won’t be long before every airline and hotel loyalty program has a rideshare company on its roster of points-earning partners.
Warning: These Are the World’s 10 Busiest Airports
27.07.2023 - 18:39 / smartertravel.com / Tim Winship
Depending on your point of view, busier airports are either a blessing or a curse. For the Airports Council International, which just released its ACI World Airport Traffic Report, busy airports are a sign of economic vitality and consumer vigor.
Travelers, on the other hand, who must navigate the mega-facilities, with their choked security checkpoints and marathon runs between connecting flights, may feel otherwise. Either way, it’s good to know.
From the bigger-is-better perspective, 2015 was a good year for the 2,300 airports in 160 countries covered by the latest ACI report.
Related:Another Day, Another Airline Computer GlitchThe strongest growth was registered by Middle East airports, up 9.6 percent over 2014, and Asia-Pacific airports, up 8.6 percent. North America airports registered a 5.3 percent traffic increase, while airport traffic in Africa barely budged, up just 0.6 percent.
Of the world’s 10 busiest airport, four were in the U.S. and three in Asia:
Atlanta – 101,491,106 passengers Beijing – 89,938,628 passengers Dubai – 78,014,841 passengers Chicago – 76,949,504 passengers Tokyo (Haneda) – 75,573,106 passengers London – 74,989,795 passengers Los Angeles – 74,937,004 passengers Hong Kong – 68,283,407 passengers Paris – 65,766,986 passengers Dallas/Ft. Worth – 65,512,163 passengersThere’s no inherent reason why bigger airports should be either better or worse for travelers. Larger spaces, bigger crowds, more flights … those are challenges to be sure. But in theory, smart design can offset the negatives, if not turn them into positives.
In practice, however, the largest U.S. airports are among the least popular among flyers, and an increase in passengers is only likely to make matters worse.
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More from SmarterTravel: La Compagnie to Shut Down Business-Class Flights to London ‘A First Class Upgrade Every Time’? C’mon! Travelers Sue to Block Alaska-Virgin America MergerAfter 20 years working in the travel industry, and 15 years writing about it, Tim Winship knows a thing or two about travel. Follow him on Twitter @twinship.
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