The appetite for air travel remained strong in July, underscoring that global passenger traffic is on course to grow solidly in 2017 as a whole. The July demand, measured in total revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), soared 6.8% over the same month last year. The July data further underlined the extent to which the upward trend in seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic has eased from that at the end of last year. International passenger demand rose 6.2% year-on-year, a slowdown compared with the 7.6% growth recorded in June. Domestic travel demand grew by 7.9% year-on-year in July, in line with 8% growth recorded in June.

Source: Bangkok Post September 07, 2017 23:37 UTC