BTS | Table 1-43: Air Passenger Travel Departures from the United States from Selected Foreign Countries by Flag of Carriers

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Table 1-43: Air Passenger Travel Departures from the United States from Selected Foreign Countries by Flag of Carriers

(Thousands of passengers)

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	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
TOTAL departing passengers (excludes Canada)	12,053	19,256	22,487	34,046	33,286	36,211	38,254	40,349	43,026	45,785	49,684	50,863	53,856	57,498	52,594	48,606	49,968
United States (excludes Canada)	5,912	9,369	10,696	17,628	17,530	18,858	20,232	21,355	22,231	22,901	24,302	24,513	25,457	27,431	25,483	23,610	24,070
Foreign (excludes Canada)	6,141	9,886	11,791	16,418	15,756	17,353	18,022	18,993	20,795	22,884	25,382	26,350	28,399	30,068	27,111	24,996	25,897
Selected countries of debarkation^a
Australia	103	245	232	540	581	609	588	522	560	614	606	607	686	806	713	686	672
Bahama Islands	704	1,006	1,151	1,279	1,128	1,005	1,046	963	1,024	994	983	955	1,027	1,137	1,007	935	1,101
Barbados	74	126	204	230	199	185	207	208	217	210	200	196	202	214	204	189	206
Belgium	134	231	249	395	318	355	372	334	340	380	513	622	713	740	586	265	269
Bermuda	372	467	389	277	237	217	247	242	199	196	215	207	206	189	150	165	216
Brazil	206	291	322	560	592	659	696	826	1,024	1,135	1,292	1,297	1,134	1,194	1,081	936	928
Canada^b	N	N	N	6,870	6,263	6,546	6,798	6,764	7,405	8,477	8,890	9,647	9,692	10,246	9,161	8,671	U
China/Taiwan	41	90	187	337	447	481	616	803	891	945	939	934	975	1,026	944	927	770
Colombia	171	299	294	277	294	324	353	415	461	467	567	588	585	622	649	587	615
Denmark	188	254	254	307	239	266	272	254	229	227	259	217	214	227	239	316	334
Dominican Republic	322	443	528	896	780	881	949	980	995	1,057	1,070	1,108	1,263	1,294	1,214	1,180	1,357
France	470	635	894	1,626	1,523	1,769	1,759	1,896	1,868	2,021	2,147	2,289	2,544	3,082	2,927	2,588	2,620
Germany	649	1,178	1,539	2,339	2,298	2,627	2,788	2,785	2,883	2,978	3,178	3,210	3,364	3,722	3,389	3,108	3,364
Grand Cayman	26	112	161	250	238	196	244	259	264	285	290	305	291	289	271	237	271
Greece	123	190	210	129	88	150	150	184	194	206	192	181	170	170	126	102	99
Haiti	81	124	169	201	178	139	180	118	292	288	284	295	315	296	300	315	332
Hong Kong	59	152	238	310	369	474	477	545	640	651	610	621	621	728	733	657	512
Ireland	163	212	233	311	263	316	324	380	409	449	488	554	743	809	797	631	779
Israel	105	186	255	259	249	294	317	367	426	492	499	488	515	480	374	338	363
Italy	409	495	660	731	694	873	878	918	955	1,006	1,055	1,041	1,101	1,366	1,182	955	962
Jamaica	416	382	607	888	821	796	887	909	987	988	1,018	1,018	1,086	1,095	1,084	1,067	1,126
Japan	1,183	1,602	2,255	4,471	4,431	4,795	4,757	4,954	5,452	6,187	6,796	6,487	6,709	6,985	5,993	5,665	5,072
Korea, Republic of	60	186	333	723	759	887	961	1,082	1,252	1,382	1,461	1,032	1,101	1,307	1,137	1,114	1,110
Mexico	1,525	2,886	2,671	4,136	4,230	4,307	4,371	4,632	4,568	5,133	5,613	5,771	6,217	6,510	6,025	5,643	6,075
Netherlands	304	409	562	777	881	965	1,150	1,319	1,444	1,636	1,920	1,933	2,009	2,107	1,854	1,722	1,674
Netherland Antilles	184	282	395	377	341	309	347	368	295	288	319	340	335	337	344	330	370
Panama Republic	100	142	209	183	189	186	194	211	214	221	240	272	299	344	355	343	386
Philippines	81	160	165	195	194	241	249	228	281	275	306	218	272	348	309	332	309
Spain	260	273	397	540	513	637	576	553	573	577	615	669	708	782	732	688	740
Switzerland	224	306	434	600	527	543	593	657	712	760	811	906	983	1,038	905	671	690
United Kingdom	1,446	2,840	3,322	4,903	4,594	5,245	5,682	5,918	6,372	6,693	7,475	8,143	8,717	9,154	8,180	7,659	7,962
Venezuela	198	518	245	444	488	565	641	686	778	644	698	782	793	694	728	533	405

KEY: N = data do not exist; U = data are not available

^aCountry where passenger deboarded a direct flight from the United States.

^bCanadian figures come from a separate source and represents the number of revenue passengers on scheduled commercial and charter flights. Does not include foreign (non-Canadian, non-U.S.) scheduled carriers.

NOTES

Includes passengers on international commercial flights departing U.S. airports, and travelers between U.S. airports in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories. Data compiled from flight reports required by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, except for Canada data.

SOURCES

Totals and all selected Countries, except for Canada:

1975-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, U.S. International Air Travel Statistics (Cambridge, MA: Annual issues), table IId.

1995: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, U.S. International Air Passenger Statistics Report, Calendar Year 1995 (Washington, DC: 1996), table IId.

1996-2003: Ibid., U.S. International Air Travel Statistics Report (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table IId.

Canada:

Statistics Canada, Air Carrier Traffic at Canadian Airports (Canada: Annual issues) and personal communication, Oct. 22, 2003.