Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in air travel demand is continuing in 2023, based on January traffic results. Total traffic in January 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 67.0% compared to January 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 84.2% of January 2019 levels. Domestic traffic for January 2023 rose 32.7% compared to the year-ago period, helped by the lifting of the zero-COVID policy in China. Total January 2023 domestic traffic was at 97.4% of the January 2019 level. International traffic climbed 104.0% versus January 2022 with all markets recording strong growth, led by carriers in the Asia-Pacific region. International RPKs reached 77.0% of January 2019 levels. “Air travel demand is off to a [...]

Source: ALTA 31.3 million passengers were carried during January 2023 in the Latin America and Caribbean region. This figure represents 3.6% below January 2019 levels, reports the Passenger Traffic Report prepared by the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA). While this figure represents 21% more passengers than January 2022, it represents a slight slowdown from December 2022, when the region reached its 2019 levels with 32.3 million passengers. Also, for the first time, Latin America and the Caribbean did not lead passenger recovery globally. This month Africa achieved the best recovery with 99.6%, and LAC ranked as the second region in the world with the highest recovery, followed by the Middle East and North America, both regions with [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for January 2023 global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand declined as economic headwinds persist. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs*), fell 14.9% compared to January 2022 (-16.2% for international operations). Capacity (measured in available cargo tonne-kilometers, ACTK) was up 3.9% compared to January 2022. This was the first year-on-year growth in capacity since October 2022. International cargo capacity increased 1.4% compared to January 2022. The uptick in ACTKs reflects the strong recovery of belly capacity in passenger airline markets offsetting a decline international capacity offered by dedicated freighters. Several factors in the operating environment should be noted: The global new export orders component of the manufacturing [...]

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its 2022 Safety Report for global aviation. The report showed a reduction in the number of fatal accidents and the fatality risk, compared to 2021 and to the five year average (2018-2022). From this year, the Safety Report has been re-invented as an online interactive resource rather than in static PDF format. Report highlights include: In 2022, there were five fatal accidents involving loss of life to passengers and crew. This is reduced from seven in 2021 and an improvement on the five year average (2018-2022) which was also seven. The fatal accident rate improved to 0.16 per million sectors for 2022, from 0.27 per million sectors in 2021, and also was ahead [...]

Source: CANSO The Airspace World event app is now available for those registered to attend Airspace World in Geneva, Switzerland, on 8-10 March Available for both Android and iPhones, the app will be the one place Airspace World guests will find everything they need to make their visit productive and insightful. The app gives users searchable access to each day’s full agenda of theatres sessions and speakers, as well as the full list of Airspace World exhibitors and an interactive event map. There’s also practical information on making the most of your time in Geneva. Another key element for registered users of the app is its networking feature, which allows attendees to connect with colleagues from across the airspace integration [...]