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Global passenger demand continued to increase in July reports world airline association
September 8th 2023
Air travel revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) improved by 26.2% in July from the same month a year earlier, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said. Read More » Compared with pre-pandemic figures, the measure of demand was 95.6% of RPKs recorded in the same 31 days four years ago. Capacity, or available seat kilometres (ASK), was 96.1% of ASKs flown by airlines in July 2019. “Planes were full during July as people continue to travel in ever greater numbers,” IATA director general, Willie Walsh, said. “Importantly, forward ticket sales indicate traveller confidence remains high. There is every reason to be optimistic about the continuing recovery.” In the Asia-Pacific, RPKs were higher by 67.1% year-on-year for the 31 days, IATA said, and recorded the fastest growth pace across the six regions in the IATA report.
