Air traffic in Latin America and the Caribbean returns to pre-pandemic levels

17-02-23

In 2022, December was the month in which the Latin America and Caribbean region carried the highest number of passengers with a total of 32.3 million, a figure that corresponds to 99.9% of passengers compared to the same month in 2019 and represents an advance compared to the immediately preceding month when the region reached 97% of its 2019 levels.

In addition. LAC remained the world's fastest recovering region, ahead of North America at 92% of its 2019 levels, the Middle East at 95%, Europe at 83%, Africa at 90% and South East Asia at 78%.

This is the second time the region has reached its pre-pandemic levels, as in September 2022 the region reached 101% of its 2019 levels. On the other hand, nearly 330.5 million passengers were carried in the region last year and, cumulatively, the region consolidated at 9% below its 2019 levels.