Geneva) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced passenger data for July 2022 showing that the recovery in air travel continues to be strong.
Total traffic in July 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was up 58.8% compared to July 2021. Globally, traffic is now at 74.6% of pre-crisis levels. Domestic traffic for July 2022 was up 4.1% compared to the year-ago period and is
now driving the recovery. Total July 2022 domestic traffic was at 86.9% of the July 2019 level. China saw strong month-to-month improvement compared to June.
Africa moving in the right direction
Africa Airlines saw an84.8% rise in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs are the standard industry measure of demand) versus a year ago;increased passenger capacity by 46.7% and achieved a 15.5 percentage point increase in the average passenger load factor (the proportion of available seats taken up by fare-paying passengers) which climbed to 75.0%, the lowest of all regions worldwide.
Africa has retained a 1.9% share of the global airline passenger travel market thus far.
“July’s performance continued to be strong, with some markets approaching pre-COVID levels. And that is even with 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, but this is an excellent sign as we head into the traditionally slower autumn and winter quarters in the Northern Hemisphere,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General.
Worldwide, demand for air travel continues to recover and is now at 74.6% of pre-COVID levels.Domestic passenger markets are recovering faster (now at 86.9% of July 2019 levels) than international markets (which has reached 67.9% of July 2019 levels).
Domestic travel represents a 62.3% share of the airline passenger market and International travel represents 37.7% of the airline passenger market.
