But row over Schiphol capacity limits rages on According to IATA’s global January analysis of the air transport market, the year got off to a flying start for passenger demand in 2023. Revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs rose 67.0% compared to January 2022 and globally, traffic is now at 84.2% of January 2019 levels.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported that the recovery in air travel demand is continuing in 2023, based on January traffic results. Total traffic in January 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 67.0% compared to January 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 84.2% of January 2019 levels. Domestic traffic for January 2023
In February, Finnair carried 823,500 passengers, which was 85.9% more than in February 2022 and 0.9% more than in January 2023. Month-on-month figures are, however, not fully comparable as there were three fewer days in February. As the COVID-19 pandemic impacts is fading, passenger traffic figures for Finnair have improved year-on-year. The negative impact of
Indicating a new baseline for the cargo market Global air cargo capacity increased for the eleventh consecutive month in February, up 11% on the same period last year. The global average air freight spot rate of USD 2.73 per kg declined -35% year-on-year but remained +52% ahead of the pre-Covid level seen in 2019 according
The number of passengers at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) increased to roughly 3.7 million in January 2023. This is 65.5% more than in January 2022, which was still considerably influenced by the restrictions in response to the omicron variant of the coronavirus. In comparison to January 2019 passenger numbers for January 2023 are still 21.3% lower.
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 48.9 million passengers in 2022 – nearly doubling the figure for 2021 and resulting in an increase of 97.2%. At the start of last year, demand was still restrained over concerns about the spread of the omicron variant of the corona virus. However, from March 2022 until the end of
A busy summer has gifted Munich Airport massive growth in all traffic figures in 2022: Passenger numbers rose by 19 million year-on-year to a total of 31.6 million. The airport has thus regained two-thirds of its record-breaking pre-pandemic result from 2019. The number of aircraft movements nearly doubled compared with 2021 to more than 285,000
Norwegian has announced that for the month of December 2022 it catered for 1,315,924 passengers, making a total of 18 million for the year, triple the number of passengers compared to 2022. The load factor was 83.1% for 2022. December’s figure was an increase of 41% compared to passenger numbers for December 2021. The load
In December 2022, Finnair carried 832,900 passengers, which was 38.2% more than in December 2021 and 10.9% more than in November 2022. Month-on-month figures are, however, not fully comparable as there was one day less in November. Finnair’s cooperation with Qatar Airways began on November 1, as daily flights from Copenhagen and Stockholm to Doha
The International Air Transport Association has released its global cargo demand figures for the month of October, revealing a year-on-year drop of 13.6%, the first year-on-year contraction since April. However, on a month-on-month basis, international cargo capacity was up by 2.4% as the end of year peak season approaches. IATA also pointed out that new
