Facts & Figures
No.:
Date:
29 October 2009
Fragile but Improving - UK APD Hike is the Wrong Response
| Sep 09 vs. Sep 08 |
RPK Growth |
ASK Growth |
PLF |
FTK Growth |
AFTK Growth |
| Africa |
-4.2% |
2.2% |
68.6 |
-6.9% |
-2.0% |
| Asia/Pacific |
2.1% |
-4.2% |
75.5 |
-3.1% |
-10.1% |
| Europe |
-4.2% |
-5.4% |
79.5 |
-13.0% |
-11.4% |
| Latin America |
3.4% |
3.8% |
73.5 |
1.8% |
6.2% |
| Middle East |
18.2% |
15.2% |
71.8 |
3.6% |
5.5% |
| North America |
-2.4% |
-5.1% |
81.1 |
-5.0% |
-11.2% |
| Industry |
0.3% |
-2.4% |
77.1 |
-5.4% |
-8.5% |
| YTD 2009 vs. YTD 2008 |
RPK Growth |
ASK Growth |
PLF |
FTK Growth |
AFTK Growth |
| Africa |
-8.9% |
-4.5% |
69.6 |
-19.1% |
-4.6% |
| Asia/Pacific |
-8.8% |
-7.3% |
72.9 |
-17.0% |
-14.5% |
| Europe |
-5.9% |
-4.4% |
76.3 |
-19.3% |
-9.6% |
| Latin America |
-2.3% |
1.5% |
72.0 |
-12.7% |
-2.8% |
| Middle East |
9.4% |
13.2% |
72.9 |
-2.6% |
5.0% |
| North America |
-6.7% |
-5.1% |
79.2 |
-17.9% |
-10.4% |
| Industry |
-5.3% |
-3.4% |
75.0 |
-16.4% |
-9.8% |
Notes for Editors:
- IATA (International Air Transport Association) represents some 230 airlines comprising 93% of scheduled international air traffic.
- Calculation method for cost of offsetting UK aviation emissions. In 2007 (latest data) domestic aviation and fuel uplift in UK for international flights generated 37.1 million tonnes of CO2. Today's price for an EU ETS phase 3 allowance (Dec 2013) is EUR16.94. At an exchange rate of 0.91 that's GBP 15.41 per tonne of CO2. The cost of offsetting all UK aviation CO2 emissions would therefore be approximately GBP572 million.
- 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 Tonne Kilometers measures actual freight traffic
- AFTK: Available Freight Tonne 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 35.1%, Asia-Pacific 29.3%, North America 18.1%, Middle East 11.3%, Latin America 4.4%, Africa 1.8%
- International freight traffic market shares by region in terms of FTK are: Asia-Pacific 44.3%, Europe 26.0%, North America 16.5%, Middle East 10.1%, Latin America 2.1%, Africa 0.9%
- Aircraft utilization data sourced from Ascend
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