In December 2020, the number of U.S. citizens passing through Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport in Australia had dropped by 98.5 percent from the previous year. This massive drop in traffic was a direct result of the novel coronavirus outbreak. From the end of April, restrictions on international travel had similarly affected all nationalities passing through Sydney Airport. Although Chinese travelers were first to experience travel restrictions in February when the Australian government placed a ban on all flights from China.
Annual growth rate of leading nationalities travelling through Sydney Airport in Australia from February to December 2020
Characteristic
Australia
United Kingdom
China and Hong Kong
South Korea
Germany
Japan
France
United States of America
Canada
New Zealand
India
Philippenes
Saudi Arabia
Thailand
Vietnam
February
-2.4%
-5.6%
-72.4%
-34%
-
-8.1%
-6.7%
-5.3%
-9.2%
-1.9%
3.7%
-
-
-
-
March
-46.4%
-30.6%
-70.2%
-
-24.2%
-63.9%
-37.3%
-49.4%
-38%
-45.6%
-42.5%
-
-
-
-
April
-98.9%
-93.5%
-96.7%
-87.3%
-82.6%
-89.2%
-87.8%
-97.9%
-92.4%
-98.9%
-
-
-
-
-
May
-98.7%
-96.4%
-95.9%
-94.2%
-94.3%
-
-95.9%
-98.6%
-
-97.7%
-96.8%
-
19%
-
-
June
-98.4%
-96.6%
-95.3%
-95.9%
-
-97.2%
-
-98.5%
-
-97.6%
-96.1%
-96.9%
-43.9%
-
-
July
-98.2%
-96.1%
-72.2%
-96.2%
-94.5%
-97.1%
-93.9%
-97.9%
-
-97.8%
-94%
-
-
-
-
August
-98%
-96.9%
-94.3%
-97.1%
-
-98.3%
-96.4%
-98.2%
-
-98.1%
-92.1%
-
-
-93.4%
-
September
-98.4%
-97.5%
-93%
-97.8%
-
-98.3%
-
-98.4%
-
-98.3%
-91.9%
-
-
-92.6%
-95.2%
October
-98.2%
-98.2%
-93.5%
-98%
-
-97.9%
-
-98.2%
-
-97.6%
-93.2%
-97.6%
-
-
-94%
November
-97.6%
-98.4%
-93%
-98.6%
-
-98%
-
-98.5%
-
-95.8%
-94.4%
-
-
-92.3%
-95.4%
December
-97.9%
-98.7%
-94.7%
-98.3%
-
-97.7%
-97.8%
-98.5%
-
-95.7%
-94.7%
-
-
-
-96.2%
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Growth rate compares the number of arrivals and departures at Sydney Airport during with that of the corresponding month in 2019.
Due to data availability, all international passenger numbers (including prior corresponding period comparisons) are based on Confirmed
Airline Passenger (CAP) data. As per previous information releases, these figures may contain estimates with any adjustments to preliminary
statistics included in the year to date results in future months.
All data is for arriving and departing international passengers. All data is taken from management accounts, is provisional and subject to
revision. All data has been rounded to the nearest thousand and in some instances the total may not be equal to the sum of the parts.
Percentage changes have been calculated based on actual figures.
Source data depicts the top 10 nationalities travelling through Sydney airport in each given month. Missing nationality data indicates that the nationality was not among the top 10 in that month.
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Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport. (January 20, 2021). Annual growth rate of leading nationalities travelling through Sydney Airport in Australia from February to December 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107766/australia-growth-of-leading-nationalities-travelling-through-sydney-airport/
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