Facts & Figures
No.:
Date:
29 September 2009
Traffic Volumes Improve, but Costs Rising - Profitability Remains Distant
| Aug 09 vs. Aug 08 |
RPK Growth |
ASK Growth |
PLF |
FTK Growth |
AFTK Growth |
| Africa |
-4.9% |
0.0% |
74.0 |
-5.1% |
-1.3% |
| Asia/Pacific |
-1.6% |
-6.1% |
78.6 |
-9.0% |
-10.7% |
| Europe |
-2.8% |
-3.7% |
82.5 |
-14.5% |
-10.6% |
| Latin America |
-2.3% |
1.0% |
75.3 |
3.9% |
9.5% |
| Middle East |
10.8% |
13.8% |
77.8 |
3.0% |
7.3% |
| North America |
-2.5% |
-4.6% |
85.5 |
-12.1% |
-11.2% |
| Industry |
-1.1% |
-2.5% |
80.9 |
-9.6% |
-8.2% |
| YTD 2009 vs. YTD 2008 |
RPK Growth |
ASK Growth |
PLF |
FTK Growth |
AFTK Growth |
| Africa |
-8.1% |
-4.1% |
70.4 |
-20.0% |
-5.5% |
| Asia/Pacific |
-9.9% |
-7.5% |
72.5 |
-18.8% |
-14.9% |
| Europe |
-6.3% |
-4.5% |
75.9 |
-20.0% |
-9.5% |
| Latin America |
-2.9% |
1.2% |
71.8 |
-14.4% |
-3.9% |
| Middle East |
8.4% |
13.0% |
73.0 |
-3.5% |
4.9% |
| North America |
-7.2% |
-5.1% |
79.0 |
-20.3% |
-10.7% |
| Industry |
-6.0% |
-3.6% |
74.8 |
-18.0% |
-10.1% |
Notes for Editors:
- IATA (International Air Transport Association) represents some 230 airlines comprising 93% of scheduled international air traffic.
- Explanation of measurement terms:
- RPK: Revenue Passenger Kilometers measures actual passenger traffic
- ASK: Available Seat Kilometers measures available passenger capacity
- PLF: Passenger Load Factor is % of ASKs used.
- FTK: Freight Tone Kilometers measures actual freight traffic
- AFTK: Available Freight Tone Kilometers measures available total freight capacity
- FLF: Freight Load Factor is % of AFTKs used
- 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. Historic figures may be revised.
- International passenger traffic market shares by region in terms of RPK are: Europe 34.9%, Asia-Pacific 29.4%, North America 18.2%, Middle East 11.3%, Latin America 4.4%, Africa 1.7%
- International freight traffic market shares by region in terms of FTK are: Asia-Pacific 44.2%, Europe 26.3%, North America 16.3%, Middle East 10.2%, Latin America 2.1%, Africa 0.9%
- Aircraft utilization data sourced from Ascend
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