The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for August showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) climbed 7.2% compared to the year-ago period. At the same time, the upward trend in seasonally-adjusted traffic has eased from that seen at the end of 2016. August capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 6.3%, and load factor climbed 0.7 percentage points to 84.5%, which was just below the record for the month set in 2015.
"Following the strong summer traffic season in the Northern hemisphere, 2017 is on course to be another year of strong traffic growth. However, some important demand drivers are easing, particularly lower fares. As we head towards the end of the year we still expect growth to continue, but potentially at a slower pace," said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's Director General and CEO.
| AUGUST2017(% YEAR-ON-YEAR) |
WORLD SHARE (1) |
RPK |
ASK |
PLF-%-PT (2) |
PLF- LEVEL(3) |
| Total Market |
100.0% |
7.2% |
6.3% |
0.7% |
84.5% |
| Africa |
2.2% |
5.7% |
3.1% |
1.9%
|
75.6% |
| Asia Pacific |
32.9% |
9.0% |
8.6% |
0.3% |
82.6% |
| Europe |
26.5%
|
7.0% |
5.7% |
1.1% |
88.0% |
| Latin America |
5.2% |
7.5% |
6.9% |
0.4% |
81.7% |
| Middle East |
9.6% |
5.4% |
5.4% |
0.0% |
81.1% |
| North America |
23.7% |
6.0%
|
4.7%
|
1.0% |
86.1% |
(1) % of industry RPKs in 2016 (2) Year-on-year change in load factor (3) Load factor level
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