Passenger traffic traversing Kingston’s Norman Manley international Airport climbed a robust 13.8 percent last December to 177,400 up from 155,900 in December 2023 and grew just by 1.7 percent, from 1,748,100 in 2023 to 1,777,100 in 2024 Tourism Analytics.com reports, quoting data form Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, operators of in Jamaica two major airports.
The Montego Bay region, the tourism capital of Jamaica did not fare as well as the country’s capital city, suffering a 5.6 percent decline in total passenger traffic in December 2024, with 467,400in December 2024, down from 495,000 in December 2023. For the calendar year, Montego Bay’s Sangster’s International Airport saw total passenger movements sliding 3 percent, from 5,211,700 in 2023 to 5,057,000 in 2024.