“Demand for air travel remains strong. After two years of lockdowns and border restrictions people are taking advantage of the freedom to travel wherever they can,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General.
| June 2022 (% YEAR ON YEAR) | world share1?? | rpk | ask | PLF (%-PT)?2 | PLF (LEVEL)?3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Market | 100% | 76.2% | 48.5% | 12.9% | 82.4% |
Africa | 1.9% | 97.1% | 62.0% | 13.2% | 74.3% |
Asia Pacific | 27.5% | 33.7% | 18.9% | 8.1% | 72.9% |
Europe | 25.0% | 155.1% | 96.1% | 19.9% | 86.0% |
Latin America | 6.5% | 74.0% | 67.2% | 3.2% | 81.7% |
Middle East | 6.6% | 216.8% | 89.3% | 31.1% | 77.2% |
North America | 32.6% | 39.2% | 26.4% | 8.2% | 89.1% |
1) % of industry RPKs in 2021 2) Year-on-year change in load factor 3) Load Factor Level
Asia-Pacific airlines had a 492.0% rise in June traffic compared to June 2021. Capacity rose 138.9% and the load factor was up 45.8 percentage points to 76.7%. The region is now relatively open to foreign visitors and tourism which is helping foster the recovery.
European carriers’ June traffic rose 234.4% versus June 2021. Capacity rose 134.5%, and load factor climbed 25.8 percentage points to 86.3%. International traffic within Europe is above pre-pandemic levels in seasonally adjusted terms.
Middle Eastern airlines’ traffic rose 246.5% in June compared to June 2021. June capacity rose 102.4% versus the year-ago period, and load factor climbed 32.4 percentage points to 78.0%.
North American carriers experienced a 168.9% traffic rise in June versus the 2021 period. Capacity rose 95.0%, and load factor climbed 24.1 percentage points to 87.7%, which was the highest among the regions.
Latin American airlines’ June traffic rose 136.6% compared to the same month in 2021. June capacity rose 107.4% and load factor increased 10.3 percentage points to 83.3%. After leading the regions in load factor for 20 consecutive months, Latin America slipped back to third place in June.
African airlines had a 103.6% rise in June RPKs versus a year ago. June 2022 capacity was up 61.9% and load factor climbed 15.2 percentage points to 74.2%, the lowest among regions. International traffic between Africa and neighboring regions is close to pre-pandemic levels.
| June 2022 (% YEAR O YEAR) | world share1?? | rpk | ask | PLF (%-PT)?2 | PLF (LEVEL)?3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Domestic | 62.3% | 5.2% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 81.1% |
Dom. Australia | 0.8% | 78.6% | 43.5% | 15.9% | 80.8% |
Domestic Brazil | 1.9% | 37.6% | 47.3% | -5.4% | 75.4% |
Dom China P.R | 17.8% | -45.0% | -37.6% | -8.9% | 65.9% |
Domestic India | 2.2% | 264.4% | 179.8% | 19.0% | 81.8% |
Domestic Japan | 1.1% | 146.4% | 79.7% | 15.7% | 58.2% |
Domestic US | 25.6% | 8.7% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 89.8% |
1) % of industry RPKs in 2021 2) Year-on-year change in load factor 3) Load Factor Level
China’s domestic RPKs fell 45.0% year-on-year in June but this was a substantial improvement compared to May’s year-over-year performance as lockdown measures were eased.
Japan’s domestic traffic was up 146.4% in June, compared to June 2021.
| June 2022 vs same month in 2019 | world share1?? | rpk | ask | PLF (%-PT)?2 | PLF (LEVEL)?3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Market | 100% | -29.2% | -27.5% | -2.0% | 82.4% |
International | 37.7% | -35.0% | -34.8% | -0.3% | 83.4% |
Domestic | 62.3% | -18.6% | -13.9% | -4.6% | 81.1% |
“With the Northern Hemisphere summer travel season now fully underway, predictions that the lifting of travel restrictions would unleash a torrent of pent-up travel demand are being borne out. At the same time, meeting that demand has proved challenging and likely will continue to be so. All the more reason to continue to show flexibility to the slot use rules. The European Commission’s intent to return to the longstanding 80-20 requirement is premature.
“Just look at the issues that airlines and their passengers at some hub airports are being confronted with. These airports are unable to support their declared capacity even with the current 64% slot threshold and have extended recent passenger caps until the end of October. Flexibility is still essential in support of a successful recovery.
“By capping passenger numbers, airports are preventing airlines from benefitting from the strong demand. Heathrow Airport has tried to blame airlines for the disruption. However, Service Level Performance data for the first six months of this year show that they have failed miserably to provide basic services and missed their Passenger Security service target by a massive 14.3 points. Data for June has not yet been published but is expected to show the lowest level of service by the airport since records began,” said Walsh.
Read the June 2022 Passenger Market Analysis (pdf)
This post was published on 4 August 2022 18:37
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