New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport is no longer ranked among the 20 busiest in the world,thanks to the rush in Asia.
随着亚洲航空运输业的兴起，美国著名的纽约肯尼迪机场已经被踢出了世界20大最繁忙机场之列。
Among those pushing out JFK was New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, which made its debut on the table last year at No. 16, according to Airports Council International rankings released recently. The Indian airfield was also the fastest-growing on the list, with passenger traffic rising 14 percent, followed by 10 percent at China’s Guangzhou, which climbed two notches to No. 13.
将肯尼迪国际机场挤出全球前20名的新晋者中，有印度新德里的英迪拉甘地国际机场。根据国际机场协会（Airports Council International）最近一发布的排名，甘地国际机场去年的繁忙程度排在了全球第16位。甘地机场也是该排行榜中上升速度最快的机场，其客运量去年上升了14%，其次是中国的广州机场，它在该排行榜上上升了两位，客运量去年上升10%。
The center of gravity for world aviation is continuing its eastward shift, with China and India poised to feature among the world’s top three air-travel markets by 2020 as rising incomes make fares more affordable, Montreal-based ACI said. The Asia Pacific region is likely to have 3.5 billion passengers by 2036, adding more than double the forecast for North America and Europe combined, according to estimates by the International Air Transport Association.
To cater to that explosion in demand, about half of the $1 trillion budgeted for airport expansions and upgrades around the world are expected to be spent in Asia, Sydney-based CAPA Centre for Aviation estimates.
Efforts by Chinese airlines to add more direct flights to the U.S. and Europe stoked passenger traffic at second- and third-tier airports last year, ACI said. Travel demand in China is expected to add 3 billion more passengers by 2040, representing 21 percent of the projected global passenger traffic growth, it said.
JFK, as in some other big cities, has other airports nearby. The combined traffic at the New York metropolitan area’s three large airports is typically twice that of JFK’s alone.
Atlanta, still the world’s busiest airport, was the only one among the top 20 to report a decline in passenger traffic In China, Tianjin airport reported 25% more passengers last year; Nanjing 15.5%, and Xian 13% In India, passenger traffic in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) jumped 27%, while Hyderabad saw a 20% gain and Bangalore, 13% Dubai was the world’s busiest for international passengers, followed by London’s Heathrow and Hong Kong For air cargo, Hong Kong took the top place, with Memphis and Shanghai coming in second and third
