Date: 31 January 2005
IATA International Traffic Statistics: December 2004 and Year-end& 2004
Dec 2004 over
Dec 2003
| RPK % Growth
| ASK
% Growth
| PLF %
| FTK % Growth
| ATK % Growth
|
Africa
| 10.1% | 7.9% | 70.5 | 17.6% | 8.7% |
Asia Pacific
| 5.6% | 7.3% | 72.1 | 12.5% | 9.8% |
Europe
| 6.9% | 7.9% | 72.1 | 12.3% | 8.8% |
Middle East
| 14.7% | 14.0% | 72.9 | 25.5% | 16.8% |
N America
| 8.3% | 10.6% | 77.1 | 14.4% | 9.4% |
S America
| 10.4% | 13.5% | 71.7 | 4.2% | 11.0% |
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Industry | 7.6% | 8.9% | 72.9 | 13.3% | 9.8% |
Year-end 2004 over 2003
| RPK % Growth
| ASK % Growth
| PLF %
| FTK % Growth
| ATK % Growth
|
Africa
| 10.3% | 8.9% | 67.8 | 17.0% | 9.9% |
Asia Pacific
| 20.5% | 15.5% | 72.4 | 14.4% | 15.3% |
Europe
| 10.1% | 8.4% | 75.1 | 10.7% | 8.9% |
Middle East
| 24.8% | 21.6% | 71.7 | 26.8% | 25.2% |
N America
| 14.8% | 11.0% | 78.9 | 11.8% | 9.1% |
S America
| 12.7% | 9.8% | 73.9 | 10.4% | 9.9% |
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Industry | 15.3% | 12.1% | 74.2 | 13.4% | 12.1% |
Dec 2004 over Dec 2000
| RPK % Growth
| ASK
% Growth
| PLF pts
| FTK % Growth
| ATK % Growth
|
Africa
| 24.4% | 12.4% | 6.8 | 35.3% | 9.7% |
Asia Pacific
| 15.1% | 15.3% | -0.1 | 28.5% | 24.8% |
Europe
| 8.3% | 1.4% | 4.6 | 9.1% | 5.5% |
Middle East
| 67.9% | 46.6% | 9.3 | 62.9% | 61.8% |
N America
| 12.9% | 1.4% | 7.9 | 7.2% | 5.6% |
S America
| 13.9% | 8.9% | 3.1 | 0.3% | 16.3% |
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Industry | 14.9% | 8.8% | 3.9 | 19.2% | 15.1% |
Year-end 2004 over 2000 | RPK % Growth
| ASK % Growth
| PLF pts
| FTK % Growth
| ATK % Growth
|
Africa
| 18.2% | 13.8% | 2.5 | 15.9% | 5.5% |
Asia Pacific
| 12.1% | 14.9% | -1.9 | 26.1% | 24.5% |
Europe
| 2.5% | 0.0% | 3.1 | 7.4% | 3.2% |
Middle East
| 50.7% | 44.2% | 3.1 | 56.0% | 53.7% |
N America
| 4.5% | -0.9% | 4.1 | 2.9% | 3.1% |
S America
| 12.7% | 7.8% | 3.3 | 11.4% | 17.6% |
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Industry | 8.8% | 7.3% | 1.0 | 16.7% | 12.9% |
1. Explanation of measurements:
· RPK: Revenue Passenger Kilometres measures actual passenger traffic.
· ASK: Available Seat Kilometres measures available passenger capacity.
· PLF: Passenger Load Factor as % of ASKs used.
· FTK: Freight Tonne Kilometres measures actual freight traffic.
· ATK: Available Tonne Kilometres measures available total capacity (combined passenger and cargo).
2.
IATA statistics cover international scheduled air traffic, domestic traffic is not included.
3. All figures are provisional and represent total reporting at time of publication plus estimates for missing data.