Asian air traffic growth slows
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Airlines in the Asia Pacific region carried a total of 24.0 million international passengers in October 2016, up 3.9% year-on-year. This marked a slowdown in growth compared to previous months.
According to the latest data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), strong long-haul demand boosted airlines last month, but the growth failed to keep pace with a 5.0% expansion of seat capacity. This resulted in a slight decline in international load factors, to 77.0%.
“Air passenger demand remains relatively robust, although the pace of growth has slowed, reflecting a degree of uncertainty about the global economic outlook,” explained AAPA’s director general, Andrew Herdman.
For the first 10 months of the year, international passenger numbers on Asia Pacific carriers have now increased 6.1% to 243m.
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