IATA Reports Strong Passenger Traffic Demand in April 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced continued strong passenger traffic demand in April 2023. The Total traffic in April ...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced continued strong passenger traffic demand in April 2023.
The Total traffic in April 2023 (measured in RPKs) rose 45.8% compared to April 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 90.5% of pre-Covid levels. At 81.3%, industry load factor was only 1.8 percentage points below pre-pandemic level.
Domestic traffic for April rose 42.6% compared to the year-ago period and has now fully recovered, posting a 2.9% increase over the April 2019 results.
African airlines’ traffic rose 53.5% in April 2023 versus a year ago, the second highest among the regions. April capacity was up 50.0% and load factor climbed 1.6 percentage points to 69.8%, lowest among the regions.
