The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced continued strong passenger traffic demand in April. Total traffic in April 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 45.8per cent compared to April 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 90.5 per cent of pre-Covid levels. At 81.3 per cent, the industry load factor was only 1.8 percentage points below the pre-pandemic level.
Domestic traffic for April rose 42.6 per cent compared to the year-ago period and has now fully recovered, posting a 2.9 per cent increase over the April 2019 results.
International traffic climbed 48.0 per cent versus April 2022 with all markets recording healthy growth, with carriers in the Asia-Pacific region continuing to lead the recovery. International RPKs reached 83.6per cent of April 2019 levels.
