{"id":174462,"date":"2018-05-03T18:31:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T20:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=174462"},"modified":"2018-05-03T18:48:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T20:48:49","slug":"air-traffic-growth-strongest-12-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/air-traffic-growth-strongest-12-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Air traffic growth the strongest in 12 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said this Thursday (3) that global demand for air travel was up 9.5% year-on-year in March, domestic and international travel included. Demand is gauged in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK). According to the association, this was the strongest hike in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>International air travel demand was up 10.6%, and IATA said relevant growth was seen in all regions of the world. In the Middle East, for instance, passenger traffic increased by 10.7%, up from 4.1% year-on-year in February. The association reported that this came as a result of \u201chealthy growth\u201d in Middle East-Asia connections.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174458\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-174458 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/emiratespousando-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/emiratespousando-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/emiratespousando-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/emiratespousando.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Airbus A380 from Dubai-based Emirates Airline\u2019s fleet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Latin America, international traffic was up 11.8% year-on-year in March, making it the fastest-growing region for the third month straight. IATA notes that numbers here were partly fueled by an economic rebound in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Available seat kilometers (ASK) in international flights were up 6.6%, with load factor going up 2.9 percentage points to 81.5%.<\/p>\n<p>ASK in international flights across Latin America climbed 10%, with load factor going up 1.3 percentage point to 81.8%. In the Middle East, ASK was up 4.3%, with load factor increasing by 4.4 percentage points to 76.7%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemand for air travel remains strong, supported by the comparatively healthy economic backdrop and business confidence levels,\u201d a IATA press release quoted CEO Alexandre de Juniac as saying. \u201cBut rising cost inputs, particularly fuel prices, suggest that any demand boosts from lower fares will moderate going into the second quarter,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-174454\">Press Release\/LATAM<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-174458\">Press Release\/Emirates Airline<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global demand for air travel climbed 9.5% in March, IATA said. 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