Los Angeles: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has surpassed 43 million visitors so far this year with international passenger traffic nearly doubling in August compared to the same time last year.
The airport reported a total of 6,085,057 passengers in August, up from 5,135,208 in the same month last year. The increase of nearly 19% was largely due to international travellers, who totalled 1,715,649 – an increase of 87% compared with August 2021.
“Throughout the summer months, international traffic continued to show strong growth and we saw overall robust passenger numbers compared to the same time last year,” said Justin Erbacci, Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). “With 43 million guests at LAX so far this year, and new routes to international destinations coming online, we are optimistic that we will see continued growth in passenger numbers into the fall and winter holiday months.”
LAX continues to offer new international airlines and destinations with additional airlines including Lynx Air, Flair Airlines, Cayman Airways and Air Premia planning to launch this fall and winter.
For the year through August, overall passenger traffic at LAX is up 50.3% compared with the same time in 2021 with a total of 43,069,862 passengers. The number of international guests during that time is up 130.73% compared to 2021 (10,469,224 vs. 4,537,391), while domestic passengers are up 35.12% (32,600,638 vs. 24,127,015) so far this year.
