{"id":6321,"date":"2022-08-05T15:58:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T15:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=6321"},"modified":"2022-08-05T16:04:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T16:04:43","slug":"african-airlines-saw-a-103-6-rise-in-demand-for-passenger-travel-during-june-2022-iata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/african-airlines-saw-a-103-6-rise-in-demand-for-passenger-travel-during-june-2022-iata\/","title":{"rendered":"African airlines saw a 103.6% rise in demand for passenger travel during June 2022 – IATA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

 (Geneva) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced passenger data for June 2022 showing that the recovery in air travel remains strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I<\/strong>ATA said that after Covid 19, the organisation has now returned to year-on-year traffic comparisons, instead of comparisons with the 2019 period, unless otherwise noted. Owing to the low traffic base in 2021, some markets will show very<\/strong> high year-on-year growth rates, even if the size of these markets is still significantly smaller than they were in 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Total traffic<\/strong>\u00a0in June 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was up 76.2% compared to June 2021, primarily propelled by the ongoing strong recovery in international traffic. Globally, traffic is now at 70.8% of pre-crisis levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domestic traffic\u00a0for June 2022 was up 5.2% compared to the year-ago period. Strong improvements in most markets, combined with the easing of some Omicron-related lockdown restrictions in the Chinese domestic market, contributed to the result. Total June 2022 domestic traffic was at 81.4% of the June 2019 level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International traffic\u00a0rose 229.5% versus June 2021. The lifting of travel restrictions in most parts of Asia-Pacific is contributing to the recovery. June 2022 international RPKs reached 65.0% of June 2019 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDemand for air travel remains strong. After two years of lockdowns and border restrictions people are taking advantage of the freedom to travel wherever they can,\u201d said Willie Walsh, IATA\u2019s Director General. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Africa Passenger Markets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

African airlines\u00a0<\/strong>had a\u00a0<\/strong>103.6% rise in June RPKs versus a year ago. June 2022 capacity was up 61.9% and load factor climbed 15.2 percentage points to 74.2%, the lowest among regions. International traffic between Africa and neighboring regions is close to pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domestic Passenger Markets<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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China\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>domestic RPKs fell 45.0% year-on-year in June but this was a substantial improvement compared to May\u2019s year-over-year performance as lockdown measures were eased. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan\u2019s <\/strong>domestic traffic was up 146.4% in June, compared to June 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Bottom Line<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the Northern Hemisphere summer travel season now fully underway, predictions that the lifting of travel restrictions would unleash a torrent of pent-up travel demand are being borne out. At the same time, meeting that demand has proved challenging and likely will continue to be so. All the more reason to continue to show flexibility to the slot use rules. The European Commission\u2019s intent to return to the longstanding 80-20 requirement is premature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust look at the issues that airlines and their passengers at some hub airports are being confronted with. These airports are unable to support their declared capacity even with the current 64% slot threshold and have extended recent passenger caps until the end of October. Flexibility is still essential in support of a successful recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy capping passenger numbers, airports are preventing airlines from benefitting from the strong demand. Heathrow Airport has tried to blame airlines for the disruption. However, Service Level Performance data for the first six months of this year show that they have failed miserably to provide basic services and missed their Passenger Security service target by a massive 14.3 points. Data for June has not yet been published but is expected to show the lowest level of service by the airport since records began,\u201d said Walsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the full June 2022 Air Passenger Market Analysis<\/a>  (pdf)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please contact: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corporate Communications<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tel: +41 22 770 2967<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: corpcomms@iata.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes for Editors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n