ALTA traffic report July 2016

The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that ALTA member airlines carried 11.7 million passengers in July, up 6.5% from the previous year, excluding domestic traffic in Brazil (see table 1). Traffic (RPK) grew 7% and capacity (ASK) increased 3.8%, bringing up the load factor to 85.6%, equivalent to 2.5 percentage points […]

Passenger Demand Losing Momentum Terrorism, Economic Uncertainty, Weigh on Traffic

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for June showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 5.2% compared to the year-ago period. This was up slightly from the 4.8% increase recorded in May (revised). However, the upward trend in seasonally-adjusted traffic has moderated since January. June […]

Moderating Demand Trend Continues

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 4.6%, compared to the same month in 2015, which was the same level achieved in April. Capacity climbed 5.5%, which pushed the average load factor down 0.7 percentage points to 78.7%. […]

ATCA Stands with Istanbul

As air traffic management experts and lovers of aviation, the members and employees of the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) are deeply affected by the heinous events that took place this evening at Istanbul"™s Ataturk Airport. As an association, ATCA will continue its mission to bring people together and advocate for the world"™s safest form […]

Passenger Demand Growth Slows – Brussels Attacks Disrupt European Traffic

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for April showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 4.6%–the slowest pace since January 2015. April capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 4.9%, and load factor slipped 0.3 percentage points to 79.1%. The disruptive impact of […]

ALTA traffic report march 2016

The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced that ALTA member airlines carried 10.2 million passengers in March, up 8.5% from the previous year, excluding domestic traffic in Brazil (see table 1). Traffic (RPK) grew 9.3% and capacity (ASK) increased 7.4%, bringing up the load factor to 78.8%, equivalent to 1.4 percentage points […]

Auctioning of air traffic rights anti-competitive, says global airlines body

India’s proposal to auction air traffic rights could be anti-competitive and result in concentration of the market in a few powerful hands, global airlines body International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned on Thursday. Emphasising that such a proposal, made in the draft civil aviation policy, has never been heard of before, IATA Director General Tony […]

IATA: Healthy November Traffic Demand

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for November showing continued strong traffic growth above the 10-year average rate of 5.6%. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 5.9% compared to the year-ago period. Although below the October rate of 7.1%, this largely was owing to the impact of factors that are […]

EEUU: FAA Prepares for Super Bowl 50 Traffic

With the end of the NFL regular season, preparations are in full swing for the golden anniversary edition of the Super Bowl, which will be played on February 7 at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, in the San Francisco Bay area. While the championship is traditionally a magnet for business aircraft, the FAA will not be […]

Ryanair reverses 5 years of Irish airport declines

The world"™s leading international scheduled airline Ryanair has released its 2015 Irish traffic numbers to December 29, showing a reversal of five years of Irish airport traffic declines, having delivered 70% of all traffic growth at Cork, Dublin, Knock and Shannon airports in 2015 "“ a record growth year for Irish tourism. The airline says […]