{"id":27804,"date":"2022-11-08T17:54:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=27804"},"modified":"2022-11-30T13:38:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T08:08:50","slug":"iata-asia-pacific-roaring-back-to-life-after-air-travel-recovery-in-september-but-cargo-demand-softens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/iata-asia-pacific-roaring-back-to-life-after-air-travel-recovery-in-september-but-cargo-demand-softens\/","title":{"rendered":"IATA: Asia-Pacific roaring back to life after air travel recovery in September, but Cargo Demand Softens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Global traffic is bouncing back, but without China, it’s not likely to get back to 2019 levels for some time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, Asia-Pacific suffered the deepest decline of any region, with its full-year international traffic plunging by 93% compared to 2019 levels.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Air Transport Association<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The region was operating at just 15% of its 2019 capacity, and even at that level, it could only handle a load factor of 36%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just think about that for a minute and look behind the percentages. For every hundred international seats offered in 2019, only 15 were available in 2021, and just 5 had someone sitting in it. The Omicron COVID-19 variant was rampant, and borders throughout the region had slammed the gates shut.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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International Air Transport Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday the airline industry body, the International Air Transport Association (IATA),<\/a><\/strong> released its traffic figures for September 2022. According to those figures, Asia-Pacific airlines saw a 465% rise in September traffic compared to September 2021, recording the most substantial year-over-year growth rate of any region worldwide. As measured by available seat kilometers (ASKs), capacity rose 165%, and the passenger load factor (PLF) went from 37% to 84%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) figures are no surprise, given the effective way many of Asia-Pacific’s carriers sprung into action as borders reopened this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Singapore Airlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A prime example is Singapore Airlines which recorded a record 1st-half profit, and others like Qantas, Air New Zealand, AirAsia, Garuda, Vietnam Airlines, and Thai Airways. It has been an incredible sight for many to see the Airbus A380s come home from the desert, back operating on international routes to and from Asia when they had virtually been discarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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