June passenger traffic shows strong growth - IATA

Global passenger traffic demand rose 7.8% in June, with all regions reporting growth, IATA said in its monthly update. Regionally, Asia Pacific saw the highest growth with an 11.6% boost in RPK traffic. Africa was second in growth terms, on 9.2%, and Europe third with 8.8%. North America reported growth of 4.0%. June capacity rose by 6.5% overall, with Asia Pacific again topping the table on 9.4%. Europe was second with a 6.7% increase in ASK, Africa was a close third with 6.6% growth. North America increased ASK capacity by 4.1%. Passenger load factor rose in all regions bar the Middle East, which dropped 0.8 percentage points to 68.8%, and South America which was unchanged at 86.3%. Overall, load factor increased by 1 percentage point to 81.9%. <br/>