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IATA has reported that global air traffic in
November 2023, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK),
rose 29.7% compared to November 2022, putting RPK at 99.1% of
November 2019 levels. International traffic rose 26.4% versus November
2022.
The Asia-Pacific region continued to report
the strongest year-on-year results (+63.8%) with all regions
showing improvement compared to the previous year. November 2023
international RPK reached 94.5% of November 2019 levels.
Domestic traffic for the month was up 34.8%
compared to November 2022. Total November 2023 domestic traffic
was 6.7% above the November 2019 level. Growth was particularly
strong in China (+272%) as it recovered from COVID-related travel
restrictions that were still in place a year ago. US domestic
travel, benefitting from strong Thanksgiving holidays demand,
reached a new high, expanding 9.1% on November 2019.
Swiss A220-300 reg: HB-JCF at LHR in January 2024. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com
“We are moving ever closer to surpassing the 2019
peak year for air travel. Economic headwinds are not deterring
people from taking to the skies. International travel remains 5.5%
below pre-pandemic levels but that gap is rapidly closing. And
domestic markets have been above their pre-pandemic levels
continuously since April,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director
General.
Asia-Pacific airlines reported a 63.8% rise in November
traffic compared to November 2022, the strongest
year-on-year rate among the regions. Capacity rose 58% whilst the
load factor was up 2.9 percentage points to 82.6%.
European carriers’ November traffic climbed 14.8%
versus November 2022. Capacity increased 15.2%, and load factor
declined 0.3 percentage points to 83.3%.
Middle Eastern airlines saw an 18.6% traffic rise
compared to November 2022, capacity increased
19% and load factor fell 0.2
percentage points to 77.4%.
North American carriers experienced a 14.3%
traffic rise versus November 2022. Capacity
increased 16.3%, and load factor fell 1.4 percentage points to
80%.
Latin American airlines’ November traffic rose
20%, capacity
climbed 17.7% and load factor increased 1.7 percentage points to
84.9%, the highest of any region.
African airlines had a 22.1% rise in November RPK
versus the same month last year, capacity was up 29.6% and load
factor fell 4.3 percentage points to 69.7%, the lowest among
regions.
“Aviation’s rapid recovery from COVID demonstrates
just how important flying is to people and to businesses,” said
Walsh. “In
parallel to aviation’s recovery, governments recognized the
urgency of transitioning from jet fuel to Sustainable Aviation
Fuel (SAF) for aviation’s decarbonization. The Third Conference on
Aviation Alternative Fuels (CAAF/3) in November saw governments
agree that we should see 5% carbon savings by 2030 from SAF. This
was followed up at COP28 in December where governments agreed that
we need a broad transition from fossil fuels to avoid the worst
effects of climate change. Airlines don’t need convincing. They
agreed to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and every drop
of SAF ever made in that effort has been bought and used. There
simply is not enough SAF being produced. So we look to 2024 to be
the year when governments follow-up on their own declarations and
finally deliver comprehensive policy measures to incentivize the
rapid scaling-up of SAF production.”
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