Okwera ndege opitilira 5.1 miliyoni adadutsa ku Ontario International Airport (ONT) ku 2018, chiwerengero chapamwamba kwambiri chapachaka kuyambira 2008. Bwaloli lawonjezera pafupifupi okwera 900,000 kuyambira pomwe adasintha kupita kumadera akumapeto kwa 2016 pomwe oposa 4.2 miliyoni adadutsa ONT.

M’chaka cha kalendala cha 2018, ONT inalandira anthu oyenda pandege okwana 5,115,894, zomwe ndi 12.4% kuposa chiwerengero cha 2017 cha 4,552,702. Kuchuluka kwa anthu apanyumba kudakula ndi 10.8%, pomwe kuchuluka kwa apaulendo ochokera kumayiko ena kudakwera 61.1%.

"Ziwerengero zakumapeto kwa chaka nzodabwitsa kwambiri kuyambira pamene kusamutsidwa kwa ulamuliro wa m'deralo kunachitika zaka ziwiri zapitazo ndipo zikusonyeza kuti njira yathu yopangira Ontario kukhala njira yapadziko lonse ikuyenda bwino," anatero Alan D. Wapner, pulezidenti wa Ontario International. Airport Authority (OIAA). "Kupambana kwathu kumachokera pakutha kwathu kupereka zida, ntchito ndi zinthu zomwe oyenda pandege amafuna ndikupereka makasitomala abwino, opanda zovuta omwe akuyenera."

Mu December, ONT inalandira oposa 441,000 okwera, 7.4% kuposa December 2017. Chiwerengero cha anthu apakhomo ndi akunja chinakula 5.3% ndi 61.7%, motsatira.

Katundu wapa ndege nawonso adapitilira kukula kwake mu Disembala komanso chaka. M'chaka cha kalendala cha 2018, katundu ndi makalata otumizidwa anakwana matani oposa 750,000, 14.8% kuposa 2017. Mu December zotumiza zinakwana matani oposa 75,000, kuwonjezeka kwa pafupifupi 5% pa December 2017.

"Tili ndi ngongole yakukula kotere kwa omwe timagwira nawo ndege ku China Airlines, Frontier Airlines ndi JetBlue Airways omwe awonjezera ntchito chaka chathachi," atero a Mark Thorpe, wamkulu wa OIAA. "Tikuyembekeza kupitiliza kuwonjezeka mu 2019 chifukwa cha ntchito zatsopano zomwe zalengezedwa kale ndi zina zomwe tikuyembekeza kumva posachedwa."

Ontario International Airport idatchulidwa posachedwa kuti eyapoti yomwe ikukula mwachangu kwambiri ku US ndi buku lotsogola. Onyamula ndege angapo kuphatikiza United Airlines, Delta Air Lines ndi Southwest Airlines alengeza kale maulendo atsopano kuchokera ku ONT kuyambira chaka chino.

Disembala 2018 Disembala 2017 % Kusintha YTD 2018 YTD 2017 % Kusintha
Magalimoto Okwera

Domestic 416,529 395,568 5.3% 4,888,011 4,411,274 10.8%
International 24,644 15,244 61.7% 227,883 141,428 61.1%
Total 441,173 410,812 7.4% 5,115,894 4,552,702 12.4%
Air Cargo (Matani)

Freight 74,691 71,408 4.6% 723,016 626,579 15.4%
Mail 1,031 849 21.4% 28,513 27,890 2.2%
Total 75,722 72,258 4.8% 751,529 654,469 14.8%

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

“Our success is rooted in our ability to provide the facilities, services and amenities that air travelers demand and deliver the positive, hassle-free customer experience they deserve.
The airport has added nearly 900,000 passengers since its transition to local control in late 2016 when more than 4.
“The end-of-year numbers are particularly remarkable since the transfer to local control occurred just two years ago and they show that our strategy to develop Ontario into an international gateway is succeeding,”.