Asia Pacific airlines gaining height
Preliminary traffic figures for November released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show ongoing robust demand.
Overall, airlines based in the Asia Pacific region carried 15.5 million international passengers in November, an increase of 10.7 percent compared to the same month last year, underpinned by strong regional travel demand.
Measured in revenue passenger kilometre (RPK) terms, international passenger traffic grew by 8.2 percent.
Available seat capacity expanded by 7.5 percent, resulting in a modest 0.5 percentage point gain in the average international passenger load factor, to 76.9 percent.
Andrew Herdman, AAPA director general said, “Asia Pacific based airlines have led the industry recovery this year, benefitting from robust demand for both business and leisure travel, particularly in markets to, from and within Asia.
“Asia Pacific carriers have managed their way successfully through the downturn, and are on track to report significantly improved financial results for the full year 2010.â€
Ian Jarrett
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