{"id":214944,"date":"2019-05-30T16:27:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T19:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=214944"},"modified":"2019-06-30T18:24:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T21:24:17","slug":"middle-east-air-passenger-demand-up-2-9-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/middle-east-air-passenger-demand-up-2-9-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East air passenger demand up 2.9% in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Air passenger demand climbed 2.9% in the Middle East year-on-year in April, in the wake of a 3% drop in March. The numbers are from the International Air Travel Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iata.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IATA<\/a>),\u00a0which said a downtrend remains in place despite the growth seen last month, with structural changes impacting the industry across the region. Capacity was down 1.6%, and occupancy rates climbed 3.5% to 80.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Latin America carriers saw demand go up 5.2% year-on-year in April, up from 4.9% growth in March. Capacity was up 4% and occupancy increased 0.9% to 82.8%. The good results, IATA said, came in spite of economic and political uncertainty in some of the most important countries in the region. It also said \u2018strong South-North traffic flows may be supporting demand growth.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Around the world, international air travel demand climbed 5.1% year-on-year in April. Traffic increased in all regions, driven by European carriers. Total capacity was up 3.8%, and load factor went up 1.1% to 82.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK) widened by 4.3% in April, and Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) increased by 3.6%. load factor was up 0.6% to 82.8%, surpassing last year\u2019s 82.8% result to set a new all-time high. Region-wise, Africa, Europe and Latin America saw record load factor numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComparisons between the two months are distorted,\u201d IATA said, owed to the timing of the Easter holiday, which occurred on 1 April in 2018 but fell much later in the month in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IATA CEO Em Alexandre de Juniac was quoted in a press release as saying there was \u201csolid, but not exceptional demand for air connectivity in April.\u201d This is partly due to the Easter calendar, but it also reflects a slowdown in the world economy. \u201cDriven by tariffs and trade disputes, global trade is falling, and as a result, we are not seeing traffic growing at the same levels as a year ago. However, airlines are doing a very good job of managing aircraft utilization, leading to record load factors.\u201d IATA director general and CEO Alexandre de Juniac said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Domestic travel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Global domestic passenger demand was up 2.8% year-on-year in April. March had seen a 4.1% hike. The downtrend is mostly a consequence of results in China and India. Capacity was up 3.2%, while load factor was down 0.3% to 83.2%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-214930\">Nicolas Economou\/NurPhoto\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hike came after a 3% drop in March, but a shifting industry structure across the region means a slowdown is expected, according to the IATA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":214930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[2460,8846,2454,8849,8847],"class_list":{"0":"post-214944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tourism","8":"tag-air-travel","9":"tag-ask","10":"tag-iata","11":"tag-passenger-demand","12":"tag-rpk"},"wps_subtitle":"The hike came after a 3% drop in March, but a shifting industry structure across the region means a slowdown is expected, according to the IATA. 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