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Demand for flights grew nearly 40% in May
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Rafael Ramos
7/7/2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) revealed encouraging data on passenger traffic in the month of May. The agency published yesterday (6), that total passenger traffic rose 39.1% in May this year compared to May last year. The demand for air travel also grew and registered 96.1% of what was observed before the pandemic.
Supply measured in available seat kilometers (ASK) for air travel and demand measured in paid passenger kilometers carried (RPK) also increased in May. The high compared to the same period last year was 35% and 39%, respectively.
The good numbers led the average aircraft occupancy rate to 81.5%, practically the same levels recorded in 2019, before the pandemic.
The number of passengers on domestic flights was 5.3% higher than before the pandemic, having registered 36.4% more than in the same period last year.
As usual, international operations have not yet reached the level of 2019, but reached 90.8%. On the other hand, the growth registered in relation to the same period of last year was 40.9%.
In addition, Willie Walsh, director general of IATA, said that airlines are expected to net profit of US$9.8 billion worldwide, their first year of profitability since the pandemic.
IATA released the full report yesterday (6), which you can check in the external link below.
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Hyperlinks:
https://www.iata.org/en/iata-r...
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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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