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1. In 2008, more than 16.4 million passengers traveled on scheduled air services between Canada and the United States, a 3.5% decrease compared with 2007.
2. Over the last 5 years, transborder scheduled passenger traffic has seen an overall increase however of 11.1% from 2003 through 2008.

1. In 2008, the distribution of transborder traffic across Canada varied slightly from province to province as compared to 2007. Half of the provinces showed losses in traffic in 2008 while half showed gains in passengers travelling on scheduled passenger air services between Canada and the United States.
2. Variations in percent change, 2007 over 2008, ranged from a decrease of 6.0% in both Ontario and Québec to an increase in transborder traffic of 22.8% in Newfoundland and Labrador.
3. Transborder traffic increased in the provinces of Prince Edward Island (19.9%), the Yukon (18.8%) and Saskatchewan (16.2%) between 2007 and 2008.
4. Alberta experienced the largest gain in passenger traffic (97,330 passengers) while Ontario experienced the largest traffic loss (-594,210 passengers).
5. The majority, or 40.6%, of all traffic still went through Ontario, even though its transborder passenger traffic was down 6.0% compared to last year.

1. Despite the overall decrease in the number of transborder passengers between 2007 and 2008 (-3.5%), the distribution by US state remained essentially unchanged.
2. Transborder travel continued to be concentrated to/from the states of California, Florida and New York. Approximately 18.3% of all transborder traffic can be attributed to California; Florida stands at 14.3% and New York at 8.3%.
3. Comparing 2007 and 2008, the largest percentage increases in passengers were observed in Minnesota (12.8%) and Hawaii (8.6%). Ohio (-12.2%) and Nevada (-11.1%) reported the largest passenger decreases.