Global passenger traffic got off to a robust start this year with demand in January showing the strongest increase in more than five years. The traffic demand, measured by revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs, jumped 9.6% compared with January 2016, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Airline capacity in January rose 8%, and load factor climbed 1.2 percentage points to 80.2%. The month saw international passenger traffic surge 9.3% compared with the same period last year, with capacity growing 7.5% and load factor climbing 1.3 percentage points to 80.3%. Capacity increased 8.7% and load factor was 80.1%, up 0.9 percentage points, according to IATA.

Source: Bangkok Post March 09, 2017 01:56 UTC