International Flights Are Still Soaring

As of July, over 44 million US passengers had departed from American airports on international flights in 2024, up ~10% on last year’s Jan-Jul tally, and 43% on the same period in 2022. While it’s obviously difficult to nail down the proportion of those flights that were for pleasure rather than business — corporate trips have reportedly made a comeback, just a little slower than vacations — it’s fair to assume that the bulk of the ~16 million passengers who took off in June and July were summer-season holidaymakers.

It’s not just stateside travelers who are getting back out there either: a recent report from the UN revealed that international tourism hit 97% of pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter, as people around the world also looked to make up for lost time.

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