In January, aircraft movements at Canada's major and select small airports totalled 317,569, down 5.9% from January 2023. Local movements fell 15.7% year over year to 79,012, while itinerant movements declined 2.1% to 238,557.
At the same time, major Canadian airlines flew 6.8 million passengers on scheduled and charter services in January 2024, with the passenger load factor at 83.1%.
Consult the new Aviation Data Visualization Hub to further explore data from Aircraft movement statistics and Monthly civil aviation statistics in an interactive format.
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