Welcome back! Globally, passenger traffic is now at 88% of March 2019 levels, WHO has declared that COVID is no longer a public health emergency of international concern, the air cargo decline continues to moderate, and more news and updates from another very busy week. Let's get to it.
Air Travel Growth Continues in March
Total traffic in March 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 52.4% compared to March 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 88.0% of March 2019 levels.
Domestic traffic for March rose 34.1% compared to the year-ago period. Total March 2023 domestic traffic was at 98.9% of the March 2019 level.
"Ticket sales for both domestic and international travel give every indication that strong growth will continue into the peak Northern Hemisphere summer travel season." -Willie Walsh, DG IATA
International traffic climbed 68.9% versus March 2022 with all markets recording healthy growth, led once again by carriers in the Asia-Pacific region. International RPKs reached 81.6% of March 2019 levels while the load factor at 81.3% exceeded the March 2019 level by 10.1 percentage points.
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