After a major downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic, DFW’s traffic is set to return to pre-pandemic levels this year. Airport officials anticipate more than 78 million passengers in 2023, even though airline capacity is throttled by a shortage of pilots.
DFW has become a major connecting point for American Airlines and international carriers such as Qatar, Qantas, Volaris and dozens of others. In May, theDallas-Fort Worth region has grown to more than 7.8 million people It’s the same for other major hubs such as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world’s largest airport and a hub for Delta Air Lines, and for Charlotte Douglas, another hub for American Airlines.
While American accounts for more than three-quarters of DFW passengers, other carriers are growing, too. Discount airlines Spirit and Frontier have been adding flights out of DFW and