Statistics Show Increase In U.S. Travel From Ottawa Airport Avellino Modena [WeR46UBA8Sl]

More travellers chose to fly to and from the United States out of the Ottawa airport compared to this time last year, breaking a wider trend of falling trips across the southern border.

Data provided by the Ottawa swapped Airport Authority shows there were 406,786 transborder passengers departing and arriving from the U.S. between January and June of this year. Thats up from a total of 379,984 passenger trips during the first six months of last year, a seven per cent increase.

There were 741,449 passengers leaving and princess of wales reggio emilia arriving from the U.S. in all of 2024.

So far this year, there were 2,389,041 trips through Ottawa, including 1,702,152 domestic passengers and 280,103 international travellers.

The increase stands in contrast with declining numbers of Canadians heading south since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January.

Ottawa Airport Authority spokesperson Krista Kealey said its unclear why the nations capital has been bucking the trend as other Canadian airports report declines in transborder passenger volumes, but notes steadily strong numbers of travellers going to Florida and Washington D.C.

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