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A further
seven point fall – to less than 63 percent - in the passenger load
factor took place in October on the international scheduled services of
IATA airlines. This reflected an intensified decline in traffic, as well
the effect of an average 9 percent cut in capacity. The year-on -year
fall of 23 percent in October passenger traffic worldwide made the
cumulative change for the first 10 months of 2001 negative. If projected
to end-year this will result in a fall in passenger traffic of 5 percent
in 2001.
During those first ten months, total traffic (passengers plus freight)
fell by more than 4 percent, against a total capacity increase of 1
percent (these figures do not appear on the summary table, below).
Projected to end-year total capacity may decline by 1-2 percent, and
overall traffic by 6-7 percent.
North American IATA carriers on average had a 33 percent fall in
passenger traffic in October; for European, Far Eastern and Central &
South American carriers on average the falls ranged from 20 to 25
percent.
IATA MEMBERS' AVERAGE Oct 2001 Jan-Oct 2001
(International Scheduled Services)
Passenger Traffic, % change over '00 - 23 - 2
(Revenue-Passenger-kilometres)
Passenger Seat Supply, % change over '00 - 9 + 1
(Available-Seat-kilometres)
Passenger Load Factor, (% points) 63 72
Freight Traffic, % change over '00 - 15 - 7
(Revenue Tonne-kilometres)
Source: Extracted from IATA Monthly International Statistics. |
