Air Travel Recovery Strengthens In 2022-IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced recovery in air travel continued in December 2022 and for the full year. ...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced recovery in air travel continued in December 2022 and for the full year.
The Total traffic in 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 64.4% compared to 2021. Globally, the full-year 2022 traffic was at 68.5% of pre-pandemic (2019) levels. December 2022 total traffic rose 39.7% compared to December 2021 and reached 76.9% of the December 2019 level.
African airlines’ annual traffic rose 89.2% in 2022 versus the prior year. Full-year 2022 capacity was up 51.0%, and load factor climbed 14.5 percentage points to 71.7%, the lowest among regions. December 2022 traffic for African airlines rose 118.8% over the year-earlier period.
“It is vital that governments learn the lesson that travel restrictions and border closures have little positive impact in terms of slowing the spread of infectious diseases in our globally inter-connected world.”
–Willie Walsh, Director General, IATA.
