ACI’s global traffic data reveals growing impact of COVID-19

Airports Council International (ACI) World reports that global passenger traffic declined by -10.7% in February, down from a figure of +1.9% in January, driven by the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in the Asia-Pacific region. ACI collects and analyses data from a significant sample of airports that provide regular reports on month-by-month passenger and air […]

Passenger Demand Plunges on COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for February 2020 showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) fell 14.1% compared to February 2019. This was the steepest decline in traffic since 9.11 and reflected collapsing domestic travel in China and sharply falling international demand to/from and within […]

IATA releases global passenger traffic for Q1

International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released global passenger traffic for the first quarter (Q1) of the year, indicating that African airlines have continued recovery with 7.1 per cent improvement compared to last year. Its Director-General, Alexandre De Juniac, who disclosed this, said the growth in passenger figures mainly reflects the upturn on key routes […]