Aviation: International RPK Up 20.8% in January
2024
(07/03/24)
IATA has reported that in January 2024 total
global passenger demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers
(RPK), was up 16.6%, whilst total capacity, measured in available
seat kilometers (ASK), was up 14.1% with the load factor at 79.9%
(+1.7pt).
International demand rose 20.8%, capacity was up
20.9% and the load factor remained at 79.7% (+0.0pt). Domestic
demand rose 10.4%, capacity was up 4.6% and the load factor was
80.2% (+4.2pt).
“2024 is off to a strong start despite economic
and geopolitical uncertainties,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s
Director General. “As governments look to build
prosperity in their economies in the busiest election-year ever,
it is critical that they see aviation as a catalyst for growth.
Increased taxes and onerous regulation are a counterweight to
prosperity. We will be looking to governments for policies that
help aviation to reduce costs, improve efficiency and make
progress towards net zero CO2 emissions by 2050.”
Asia-Pacific
airlines saw a 45.4% increase in January 2024 traffic compared to
January 2023, continuing the region’s rapid recovery after the
lifting of pandemic restrictions. Capacity climbed 48.1% and the
load factor fell by 1.5 percentage points to 82.6%. The
exceptionally strong growth rate is largely attributable to China
which was in the early stages of lifting COVID19 travel
restrictions in January 2023. The recovery in major international routes to/from Asia-Pacific is still lagging, but routes such as
Asia-Middle East have exceeded pre-pandemic levels.
European carriers’ January 2024 traffic rose 10.8% versus
January 2023. Capacity increased 10.7%, and the load factor edged
up 0.1 percentage points to 77.3%. Routes between Europe and North
America have rebounded particularly strongly from the pandemic and
stand 6.5% higher than in January 2020.
Middle
Eastern airlines posted a 16.2% increase in January 2024 traffic
compared to a year ago. Capacity rose 15.7% and load factor
climbed 0.4 percentage points to 79.9%.
North
American carriers had a 12.3% traffic rise in January 2024 versus
the 2023 period. Capacity also increased 13.7%, and load factor
fell 1 percentage point to 79.4%.
Latin American
airlines’ traffic jumped 17.9% compared to the same month in 2023.
January capacity climbed 13.2%, pushing the load factor up 3.4 percentage points to 86%, the highest among the regions.
African airlines saw an 18.5% traffic increase in January
2024 versus a year ago. January capacity was up 19.2% causing load
factor to decline 0.4 percentage points to 73.3%, the lowest among
the regions.
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