Traffic growth slows in November
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- Thursday, 06 January 2011
For the month, passenger traffic measured in revenue passenger kilometres grew 8.2 per cent from last year and freight increased by 5.4 per cent from the same month a year ago.
Passenger load factor averaged 75.6 per cent and freight load factor 55.2 per cent.
November traffic growth was down from the 10 per cent passenger increase and 14.5 per cent freight growth in October.
The level of international air travel is now four per cent above the pre-recession peak of early 2008, IATA says.
Asia-Pacific carriers' growth was 5.8 per cent in November, compared to 7.3
per cent in October.
Middle East carriers reported a decline to 16.7 per cent from 17.8 per cent in October.
Only Africa increased growth, to 16.4 per cent in November, compared to 12.6 per cent in October.
Europe's carriers were down to 7.3 per cent growth in passenger traffic and North American airlines dropped from 12.4 per cent in October to 9.5 per cent in November.
