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- In 2007, just over 17 million passengers traveled on scheduled air services between Canada and the United States, little change (-0.5%) compared with 2006.
- Transborder scheduled passenger traffic has seen an overall increase of 15.0% from 2002 through 2007.
- In 2007, the distribution of transborder traffic by province varied slightly from province to province as compared to 2006. Half of the provinces showed losses in traffic in 2007 with half showing gains in passengers travelling on scheduled passenger air services. Variations ranged from a decrease of 4.2% in Saskatchewan to an increase of 77.6% in the Northwest Territories.
- The majority of all traffic went through Ontario (41.7%), down a slight 2.2% compared to last year.
- Transborder traffic in and out of the Northwest Territories increased 77.6 % between 2006 and 2007. Prince Edward Island reported a passenger increase of 15.5%. Saskatchewan reported the largest decrease in traffic (-4.2%), followed closely by Quebec (-3.8%) and New Brunswick (-3.6%).
- Despite the overall decrease in the number of transborder passengers between 2006 and 2007, the distribution by US state remained essentially unchanged.
- Transborder travel continued to be concentrated to/from the states of California, Florida and New York. Approximately 18.7% of all transborder traffic was concentrated in California; Florida stood at 13.9% and New York at 8.7%.
- Comparing 2006 and 2007, the largest percentage increases in passengers were observed in Hawaii (16.8%) and Washington State (12.1%). Ohio and New Jersey reported the largest passenger decreases of 19.0% and 18.7%.
