November’s international RPK growth data slowed to 7.7%, in line with IATA's forecast and the global economic slowdown. The outcome for 2004 is likely to be in excess of 14% growth. There is evidence of competitive pressures leading to a declining share of the market for European airlines.
Nov 2004 over Nov 2003 | RPK % Growth | ASK % Growth | PLF % | FTK % Growth | ATK % Growth |
Africa | 6.2 | 5.0 | 67.8 | 12.1 | 5.1 |
Asia Pacific | 8.5 | 8.2 | 71.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
Europe | 5.4 | 6.7 | 71.6 | 5.0 | 6.3 |
Middle East | 16.4 | 14.4 | 67.5 | 18.0 | 16.8 |
N America | 7.6 | 8.5 | 75.4 | 9.9 | 7.2 |
S America | 6.1 | 6.0 | 73.6 | 8.3 | 6.1 |
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Industry | 7.7 | 8.1 | 71.8 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
YTD (Jan-Nov) 2004 over 2003 | RPK % Growth | ASK % Growth | PLF % | FTK % Growth | ATK % Growth |
Africa | 10.2 | 8.9 | 67.5 | 16.2 | 9.7 |
Asia Pacific | 22.0 | 16.3 | 72.3 | 14.4 | 15.6 |
Europe | 10.4 | 8.4 | 75.3 | 10.6 | 8.9 |
Middle East | 26.1 | 22.4 | 71.7 | 26.8 | 26.1 |
N America | 15.4 | 11.0 | 79.0 | 11.5 | 9.1 |
S America | 12.7 | 9.3 | 74.0 | 11.3 | 9.7 |
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Industry | 16.0 | 12.4 | 74.3 | 13.4 | 12.5 |
Nov 2004 over Nov 2000 | RPK % Growth | ASK % Growth | PLF pts | FTK % Growth | ATK % Growth |
Africa | 16.4 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 18.2 | 8.2 |
Asia Pacific | 12.8 | 14.6 | -1.2 | 24.1 | 20.6 |
Europe | 3.6 | -0.4 | 2.8 | 7.6 | 3.6 |
Middle East | 53.8 | 48.7 | 2.2 | 58.6 | 61.8 |
N America | 3.2 | -4.4 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 2.0 |
S America | 16.1 | 4.3 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 11.9 |
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Industry | 9.4 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 16.5 | 12.1 |
YTD (Jan-Nov) 2004 over 2000 | RPK % Growth | ASK % Growth | PLF pts | FTK % Growth | ATK % Growth |
Africa | 17.6 | 13.8 | 2.2 | 13.4 | 4.8 |
Asia Pacific | 11.7 | 14.9 | -2.1 | 25.7 | 24.2 |
Europe | 2.0 | -0.2 | 2.6 | 7.3 | 3.0 |
Middle East | 49.4 | 44.1 | 2.6 | 55.3 | 53.0 |
N America | 3.8 | -1.1 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
S America | 12.4 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 12.8 | 17.6 |
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Industry | 8.2 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 16.4 | 12.6 |
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.
