Montreal airport passenger traffic similar in 2025 and 2024, U.S. trips decline

The Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL). (Daniel J. Rowe, CTV News)

The decline in cross-border traffic with the United States at Montreal-Trudeau Airport was offset by an increase in domestic and international traffic in the fourth quarter of 2025.

ADM Aéroports de Montréal reported on Monday that it handled a total of 5.2 million passengers during the last three months of 2025.

This represents a 1.2 per cent increase compared with the same period the previous year.

The increase was mainly driven by a 7.5 per cent rise in international traffic, followed by a 2.1 per cent rise in domestic traffic.

Traffic with the United States fell by 12.1 per cent, continuing the decline that began in early 2025 due to geopolitical tensions.

Total passenger traffic for the whole of 2025 stood at 22.4 million passengers, a decrease of 0.5 per cent compared to 22.5 million passengers in 2024.

With total passenger numbers in 2025 similar to those of 2024, ADM President and CEO Yves Beauchamp emphasized that, “in the socio-economic context of the past year, this is undeniable proof of the importance of travel, particularly in the lives of Quebecers.”

On the financial front, the airport authority posted a net profit of $159 million for the full 2025 financial year, a decline of 12.7 per cent compared to $182.1 million the previous year.

Revenue stood at $960.8 million in 2025, up 4.8 per cent compared to $917.2 million in 2024.

Expenses, meanwhile, rose by 9.1 per cent year-on-year to a total of $801.8 million in 2025. This increase is largely attributable to the development of preliminary studies that will enable the airport facilities development plan to be implemented.

ADM’s net debt stood at $2.6 billion at Dec. 31, up 16.2 per cent from $2.2 billion a year earlier.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on March 30, 2026.