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U.S. Citizen Air Traffic to Overseas Regions, Canada & Mexico 2008
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PRELIMINARY1 U.S. CITIZEN AIR TRAFFIC2 TO OVERSEAS REGIONS, CANADA & MEXICO 2008
Regions      Jan           Feb           Mar           Apr           May           Jun           Jul           Aug           Sep           Oct           Nov           Dec      Total Annual % Change YTD3
Europe 753,241 668,385 982,679 968,486 1,318,802               4,691,593 -2.1%
Caribbean 438,600 435,308 547,115 492,124 504,964               2,418,111 5.9%
Asia 494,580 402,100 515,685 430,615 496,099               2,339,079 3.3%
South America 207,293 202,985 225,557 175,747 196,573               1,008,155 6.0%
Central America 216,029 219,115 263,537 189,909 200,231               1,088,821 5.1%
Oceania 73,910 79,339 66,298 50,438 53,517               323,502 -5.1%
Middle East 57,216 51,780 64,548 60,994 75,411               309,949 50.8%
Africa 21,319 16,700 25,232 19,508 26,545               109,304 46.8%
                             
Total Overseas 2,262,188 2,075,712 2,690,651 2,387,821 2,872,142               12,288,514 2.8%
                             
Mexico 471,670 454,449 558,210 484,746 508,033               2,477,108 7.0%
Canada (rev) 185,613 197,808 229,519 240,046 312,834               1,165,820 -3.7%
                             
Grand Total 2,919,471 2,727,969 3,478,380 3,112,613 3,693,009               15,931,442 3.0%
Monthly % Chg 6.1% 6.6% 2.8% 0.0% 0.7%                  

1 Preliminary monthly data excludes 'late records' which will be reflected in Quarterly and Final Annual reports

2 Air traffic only, non-stop from US port to foreign port. Not same as total 'visitation' throughout the respective regions (refer U.S. Outbound Profile)

3 Percentage change is compared to the same time frame from the previous year.

Note: Air Traffic to Overseas and Mexico (on U.S. and foreign flags) are reported from the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries "U.S. International Air Travel Statistics Report" I-92.
Air traffic to Canada data is obtained from Statistics Canada.

To find out more about the I-92 program, visit: http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/research/programs/i92/index.html

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries (OTTI).

Released: August 2008