Passenger Growth Slows in August - Fuel Prices Begin to Dampen Demand

August 2005 over August 2004	RPK Growth	ASK Growth		FTK Growth	ATK Growth
Africa	8.5%	10.6%	70.6	2.2%	16.0%
Asia/Pacific	5.8%	5.7%	75.4	5.3%	5.1%
Europe	5.0%	3.1%	81.0	-0.8%	2.8%
Latin America	8.4%	5.3%	76.8	-8.0%	3.3%
Middle East	8.7%	7.6%	79.9	15.6%	7.9%
North America	7.1%	6.9%	82.9	-0.3%	5.8%
Industry	6.1%	5.3%	78.9	2.8%	4.9%

Year to Date - 2005 over 2004	RPK Growth	ASK Growth	PLF	FTK Growth	ATK Growth
Africa	10.8%	8.4%	68.6	8.1%	11.0%
Asia/Pacific	7.7%	7.0%	72.9	5.0%	7.1%
Europe	6.3%	4.6%	76.5	1.4%	4.7%
Latin America	12.5%	11.1%	73.1	-3.0%	7.7%
Middle East	13.8%	11.2%	73.6	12.8%	12.4%
North America	10.0%	8.9%	80.4	1.1%	7.2%
Industry	8.3%	7.0%	75.4	3.6%	6.8%

Editor's Notes:

• IATA (International Air Transport Association) represents 265 airlines comprising 94% of international scheduled air traffic.
• The IATA Billing and Settlement Plan operates in 71 countries for 390 airline and non-airline participants covering 150 countries and territories.
• Explanation of measurements:
  RPK: Revenue Passenger Kilometres measures actual passenger traffic
  ASK: Available Seat Kilometres measures available passenger capacity
  PLF: Passenger Load Factor is % of ASKs used. In comparison of 2004 to 2003, PLF indicates point differential between the periods compared.
  FTK: Freight Tonne Kilometres measures actual freight traffic
  ATK: Available Tonne Kilometres measures available total capacity (combined passenger and cargo)
• IATA statistics cover international scheduled air traffic; domestic traffic is not included.
• All figures are provisional and represent total reporting at time of publication plus estimates for missing data.
• Due to uncertainties in the adoption of the new ICAO statistical definitions by reporting carriers, care should be taken when making year comparisons.