Passenger numbers up in 2018, but trade tensions continue to concern
Trade tensions continue to cause uncertainty despite rising numbers in the passenger growth market, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said. The latest figures from the IATA year-end results show that demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), increased by 6.5% in 2018. Although the figure was less than the 2017 annual growth of […]
TAP reports 11.3% traffic growth on African routes in 2018
TAP Air Portugal carried 15.8 million passengers in 2018, up 10.4% from the previous year, with European routes outside Portugal accounting for the bulk of the increase, the airline reported. The airline carried 9.6 million passengers on European routes, excluding Portugal, in 2018—a 10.7% year-over-year (YOY) increase. Full-year passenger traffic was up 9.6% to 38 […]
Martinique’s Airport Seeing Strong Growth
Traffic reports for Martinique Aimé Césaire Airport show increased traffic for the island, according to newly released data. The airport saw a rise in traffic of 5.51 percent for November 2018 over November 2017, bringing the number of passengers transported since the beginning of the year to 1,783,431. For the month of November, the France […]
Flight disruptions could result from ‘no-deal Brexit,’ global airline association warns
Disruptions to air travel are possible if Britain leaves the European Union in March without a deal, the head of the leading association for airlines around the world warned Thursday. Alexandre de Juniac, director general and CEO of International Air Transport Association, said the risk to traffic flow is partly under control after the announcement […]
Aeromexico reports 3% increase in December 2018 passenger traffic
Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: AEROMEX) has reported in December 2018, it transported 1.885m passengers, a 2.9% increase over the previous year, the company said. International passenger numbers decreased by 1.4%, while domestic passenger numbers increased by 5.8%. Demand, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPKs), increased by 3.1%, year-on-year. Aeromexico´s capacity, measured in Available […]
Solid but Moderating Passenger Demand in November: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced healthy but moderating global passenger traffic results for November 2018. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 6.2% compared to November 2017, a slight deceleration from 6.3% growth in October. Capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 6.8% over the year-ago period, and load factor dipped 0.4 percentage […]
Mexico’s Volaris boosts capacity 9.6% in December
Mexico’s Volaris saw domestic revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increase 16.6% in December 2018 on a 9.6% capacity bump, helping the carrier wrap up a generally strong year that saw it benefit from a domestic market shake-out. The Mexico City-based Ultra-LCC saw full-year RPMs increase 11.5% on an 11.4% rise in capacity. Domestic traffic was up […]
Puerto Rico’s Aguadilla Airport Just Set a Record
Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernandez International Airport in Aguadilla just set a record for passenger traffic in a calendar year. Aguadilla is set on the northwest corner of the island of Puerto Rico. The airport handled more than 600,000 passengers last year, the highest figure ever recorded at the airport — eclipsing the previous record of […]
Puerto Rico’s Biggest Airport Continues to Rebound
Puerto Rico’s biggest airport, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport Airport in San Juan, is seeing a continued rebound in passenger traffic, according to new data from ASUR, which manages the airport. San Juan saw a 20.9 percent increase in passenger traffic in December, with a total of 648,292 passengers in the month. That included […]
Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 22.8 million passengers in October
The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced today that Latin America and Caribbean airlines carried 22.8 million passengers in October, and up 9% – or 1,884,258 more passengers – from the previous year. Traffic (RPK) grew 7.8% and capacity (ASK) increased 11.9%, bringing up the load factor to 82.6%, 3.1 percentage points […]
