DALLAS — 25.24 million passengers pass through San Diego International Airport (SAN) in 2024, making it the busiest years yet for the airport and surpassing SAN's previous busiest record of 25.18 million passengers served in 2019.
“This is a true sign of recovery and growth,” said Kimberly Becker, President and CEO, San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. “Each year following the pandemic, the numbers of travelers recorded at our airport has increased. We are grateful for our partnering airline tenants who operate at SAN and for the many business and leisure passengers who choose to fly to and from our airport.”
Two new airlines at SAN, Breeze Airways (MX) and Porter Airlines (PD), and service to nine new nonstop destinations which include Anchorage, Alaska; Cincinnati, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Eagle County/Vail, Colorado; Jacksonville, Florida; Milwaukee, WI; Norfolk, VA; Pittsburgh, PA; and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, contributed to the passenger volume increase.
The airport also cites a 10% increase in international travel, attributed to British Airways’ (BA) frequency increase to two nonstop daily flights to London, England. SAN says "International travel is anticipated to continue growth in the coming year with the addition of service to Amsterdam, Netherlands on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and daily nonstop service to Tokyo, Japan on Japan Airlines."
18 airlines operate from SAN and offer nonstop flights to 85 international destinations.
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