Worldwide air passenger traffic decline in June, reports IATA

Global total air passenger demand fell by -1.7%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in June, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the global representative body for the airline industry.) If the Middle East was excluded, the decline was -0.6%. International demand was down -0.9%, but if the Middle East was discounted, it actually grew by 1.1%. Domestic demand fell by -3%. Total capacity was down -1.3%, y-o-y, with international capacity declining by -0.6% and domestic capacity falling by -2.4%. The total global load factor in June was 84.2%, which was a -0.4 percentage point (ppt) decrease, y-o-y. The international load factor was 84.2% (-0.2 ppt, y-o-y) and the domestic figure was 84% (-0.5 ppt, y-o-y).

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