{"id":6207,"date":"2022-07-11T08:25:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T08:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=6207"},"modified":"2022-07-11T08:25:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T08:25:42","slug":"africa-airlines-recovering-says-willie-walsh-iatas-director-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/africa-airlines-recovering-says-willie-walsh-iatas-director-general\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRICA AIRLINES RECOVERING SAYS  WILLIE WALSH IATA\u2019S DIRECTOR GENERAL <\/strong><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

African airlines <\/strong>are slowly recovering from  the devastating effects of  the -Covid 19 pandemic with a134.9% rise in Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs) flown compared to the same period last  year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest figures have been released by the International Air Transport Association\u2019s (IATA) based on their – latest analysis of demand for passenger air travel worldwide and by region.  It is based on traffic data collected during May 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RPKs is the standard measure of actual passenger traffic used in the air transport industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 2022, Africa accounted for 1.9 percent of the total world passenger air travel market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe travel recovery continues to gather momentum. People need to travel. And when governments remove COVID-19 restrictions, they do. Many major international route areas \u2013 including within Europe, and the Middle East-North America routes – are already exceeding pre-COVID-19 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Completely removing all COVID-19 restrictions is the way forward, with Australia being the latest to do so this week. The major exception to the optimism of this rebound in travel is China, which saw a dramatic 73.2% fall in domestic travel compared to the previous year. Its continuing zero-COVID policy is out-of-step with the rest of the world and it shows in the dramatically slower recovery of China-related travel,\u201d said Willie Walsh, IATA\u2019s Director General. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total traffic in May 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was up 83.1% compared to May 2021, largely driven by the strong recovery in international traffic. Global traffic is now at 68.7% of pre-crisis levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Domestic traffic for May 2022 was up 0.2% compared to the year-ago period.  Significant improvements in many markets were masked by a 73.2% year-on-year decline in the Chinese domestic market due to COVID-19 related restrictions. May 2022 domestic traffic was 76.7% of May 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  International traffic rose 325.8% versus May 2021. The easing of travel restrictions in most parts of Asia is accelerating the recovery of international travel. May 2022 international RPKs reached 64.1% of May 2019 levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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