Records 7 Million Passengers in 2021
Amidst tight border restrictions, total passenger traffic in the country plummeted by 41 percent last year to 7.72 million from 60.06 million recorded in 2019, according to data released by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB).
Domestic passenger traffic reached 5.53 million last year, 20 percent lower from the the 6.89 million recorded in 2020.
Budget carrier Cebu Pacific and unit CebGo carried the most number of domestic passengers last year with 2.94 million, followed by Philippine Airlines and PAL Express with 1.85 million, and Philippines AirAsia Inc. with 713,409.
Meanwhile, international passenger traffic fell by 65 percent to 2.19 million from 6.25 million the previous year, comprising mostly of OFWs.
PAL flew 786,001 international passengers lower than 1.75 million passengers in 2020, while Cebu Pacific carried 115,909 passengers, down from 906,665 passengers a year ago, prompting it to cancel most of its international flights. on the other hand, Air Asia Philippines transported 11,843 international passengers, also down from 381,018 passengers in 2020.
Domestic carriers accounted for 925,007 of the international passenger traffic, while the other 1.27 million passengers were carried by foreign airlines.
It can be recalled that International passenger traffic reached 30.52 million in 2019, up from 26.85 million in 2018.
The stats quoted are a joke. Oh what compare 2021 to 2020 for comparison. Are you joking. Like compare 2021 to 2109 for comparison. Why would any idiot compare 2021 to 2020 when both numbers would not allowed any foreign tourist. thanks for the joke for the Philppine press
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