Air passenger traffic rises
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said passenger demand increased 5.2% in 2013 compared to the previous year.
The passenger demand was against a 4.8% rise in capacity with load factors stable at 79.5% average.
International traffic is rising faster than domestic traffic with the former seeing a 5.4% increase against 4.9% growth in the domestic market.
The North American market saw the slowest growth of 2.3%, followed by Europe at 3.8% with Asia Pacific seeing the most growth at 7.1%.
“We saw healthy demand growth in 2013 despite the very difficult economic environment. There was a clear improvement trend over the course of the year which bodes well for 2014. Last year’s demand performance demonstrates the essential and growing role that aviation-enabled connectivity plays in our world. And with system-wide load factors at 79.5% it is also clear that airlines are continuing to drive efficiencies to an ever-higher level,” said Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO.
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