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  1. In 2010, more than 15.7 million passengers traveled on scheduled air services between Canada and the United States, a 4.5% increase compared with 2009. This represents the first increase in passenger traffic since 2006.
  2. Over the last 5 years, transborder scheduled passenger traffic has seen an overall decrease of 4.5%.
Revenue passengers on transborder scheduled flights, 1990 to 2010
  1. The Northwest Territories (-9.4%), Yukon (-2.4%) and British Columbia (-0.3%) experienced losses in the volume of passengers travelling on scheduled passenger air services between Canada and the United States in 2010 as compared to 2009.
  2. Ontario experienced the largest gain in passenger traffic (267,470 passengers) while British Columbia experienced the largest traffic decline (-9,580 passengers).
  3. The 210 passenger gain in reported scheduled passenger traffic in Nunavut represents a 105.0% increase over Nunavut's 2009 reported traffic.
  4. The majority, or 40.8%, of all traffic occurred in Ontario.
  5. British Columbia accounted for 18.1% of all reported passenger traffic between Canada and the United States. Quebec and Alberta followed with 16.5% and 15.2%, respectively.
Passengers on transborder scheduled flights, by province and territory, 2009 and 2010
  1. The distribution of transborder traffic across the United States remained essentially unchanged in 2010 as compared to 2009.
  2. Transborder travel continued to be concentrated to/from the states of California, Florida and New York. Approximately 17.9% of all reported 2010 transborder traffic can be attributed to California; Florida stood at 16.4% and New York at 7.2%.
  3. Percentage variations in transborder traffic, between 2009 and 2010, ranged from a decrease of 6.1% in New York to an increase of 42.1% in New Jersey.
  4. Comparing 2009 and 2010, the largest percentage increases in passengers were observed in New Jersey (42.1%), Ohio (24.0%) and Arizona (13.4%). New York (-6.1%), Nevada (-5.2%) and Massachusetts (-2.7%) reported the largest passenger decreases.
  5. Florida experienced the largest gain in volume of passengers (229,350 passengers) while New York experienced the largest decline in volume of passengers (-73,380 passengers).
Passengers on transborder scheduled flights by state, 2009 and 2010