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IATA: domestic passenger traffic surpasses 2019
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Rafael Ramos
6/1/2023
According to data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), there is a strong growing demand in air traffic (both domestic and international) worldwide.
But domestic traffic in April was what gave the biggest post-pandemic respite to the entire airline industry. Today's data shows that domestic traffic has fully recovered and even registered a 2.9% increase compared to the same period in 2019, before the pandemic. Traffic grew 45.8% when compared to the result of the previous month.
Despite international traffic being slower, registering 83.6% of April 2019 levels, there was an increase of 48.0% when compared to the same period of the year 2022. All markets registered good numbers, with the Asia region -Pacific registering the highest growth. North America's international traffic was the only one to have fully recovered, 0.4% above April 2019 levels.
Total traffic (Domestic International) is at 90.5% of pre-pandemic levels.
IATA Director General Willie Walsh highlighted some difficulties in his speech:
“Unfortunately, some governments seem more interested in punitive regulations than doing their part to enable hassle-free travel. The arbitrary effort by the Dutch government to reduce capacity at Schiphol Airport is a prime example.”
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Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
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