Tourist traffic passing through Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport increased 5.3% in August, compared to August 2024, according to data released by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, operators of the Montego Bay and Kingston international airports reported.
According to the airport operators, 447,300 passengers were processed by Sangster International Airport in August this year, up from 424,800 in August last year. The gains in the last 8 months virtually wipes out the losses in the early months of the year, with 3.5615 million passengers, a 1.4 percent fall, compared to the 3.6105 million for the similar period in 2024.
Traffic passing through Kingston’s Norman Manley Airport was flat with 199,000 in both periods, while year-to-date, traffic rose 7.2% to 1.2723 million from 1.1873 million in 2024.