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Passenger demand at Asia-Pacific airlines up 42.9% in February: IATA
April 8th 2022
February air passenger traffic at Asia-Pacific airlines, measured by revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), rose 42.9% compared with the same month in 2021, figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show. Read More » While encouraging, the region experienced the weakest growth in RPKs among the six regions covered by the airline lobby group's monthly passenger traffic report. It also was well below an overall 115.9% improvement in RPKs for the airline industry worldwide. "The Asia-Pacific continues to lag significantly behind other segments, given the ongoing border restrictions, although we are seeing some positive developments there," IATA director general, Willie Walsh, said mid-week. "We also are encouraged by what we are hearing from some governments. China continues to be an outlier in pursuing the zero-COVID approach. But we expect to see a number of countries starting to relax their restrictions as we go through the rest of this month." In other data, IATA said global cargo demand, measured by cargo tonne kilometres (CTK), was tracking above pre-COVID-19 levels for the month, although capacity remains constrained.
