Global Air Traffic Nearly Three-Quarters of 2019 Levels in July
Domestic travel leads recovery, reaching almost 87% of pre-pandemic numbers >>
by: Harvey Chipkin
Global air passenger traffic has reached almost three-quarters (74.6%) of pre-pandemic levels after a July increase of 58.89% compared with the same month in 2021, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Domestic traffic for July 2022 was up 4.1% compared with the year-ago period and is now driving the recovery. Total July 2022 domestic traffic was at 86.9% of the July 2019 level. All markets reported strong growth, led by Asia-Pacific. China, which had been lagging in the recovery, saw strong month-to-month improvement compared with June. International traffic rose 150.6% versus July 2021. Willie Walsh, director general, said July’s performance continued to be strong, with some markets approaching pre-COVID levels. He said those results came despite capacity constraints in parts of the world that were unprepared for the speed at which people returned to travel. There is still more ground to recover, said Walsh, “but this is an excellent sign as we head into the traditionally slower autumn and winter quarters in the Northern Hemisphere.” North American carriers had a 129.2% traffic rise in July versus the 2021 period. Capacity rose 79.9%, and load factor climbed 19.4 percentage points to 90.3%, which was the highest among the regions for a second month.
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