The tráI stay passengers in Latin Americaérica increaseó 5.7% on 2018, the biggest growth since 2015 and reaches 15 añrecord growth throughout the regionón.
In the más recent report of the Associationón Latin American and Caribbean Transport Aéreo (HIGH) Informs that airlineídaughters of Latinoamérich and the Caribbean transported 295.5 million passengers in 2018, which represents an increase in 5.7% máwith respect toñprevious one.
The 2018 marcó the détop fifth toñor consecutive growth in the trápassenger traffic andñor highest growth recorded since 2015, which confirms the recoveryón of the industry with growth close to 5 percentage points above the economyíto the región, where the GDP reachedó a growth of 1.2% compared to 2017, themselvesún IMF figures.
Of the 16 million additional passengers transported in 2018, 13 millions (82%) correspond to passengers transported in the intra-Latin American marketérica, equivalent to a percentage growth of 5.1%.
In the intra-Latinoam marketérica, sun marketséstics of Brazil, México, Argentina, Chile y Perú they leveragedás of the 90% of growth, when transporting 12.2 million additional passengers. México grew upó 9.5% in its sun marketéstic, Chile 16%, Perú 12% and Argentina 13%. Brazil, what is the sun marketéstico más important of the regionón, I grew upó 3.6% pointing likeí 2 añfollowed by positive growth afterés of the decelerationón shown during 2015 and 2016.
In the traáintra-Latinoam international stayérica, the aerosolsílines of the regionóthey transported 43 million passengers (+3.8% with respect to 2017) being the Argentina-Brazil market the más important with a flow 3.7 million passengers in 2018 (+4.9% with respect to 2017). The following markets stood out in percentage growth:
- Colombia-Uruguay: +60%
- Costa Rica-Perú:+54%
- Ecuador-México:+52%
- Colombia-Rep. Dominican: +39%
- Brazil-Chile: +19%
The extra international market – Latinoamérica, the aerosolsílines of the regionóthey transported 30.1 million passengers in 2018, a 11.2% máI know that heñprevious one. in this market, the 2018 marcó a special milestone being theñor in which the aerosolílines of completed international operations at 5 main regions outside the regionón (Norteamérica, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Áfear) gracias a la inaugurationón of the new LATAM flight between Sao Paulo and Tel Aviv.
And téabsolute terms, the market that máto growó on 2018 It was Northam.érich with 2.7 million additional passengers, highlighting the tráI'm between USA-Brazil (+34%), México-USA (+11.1%), México-Canadaá (+33.5%) and Guatemala-USA (+33%). And tépercentage terms, to the kingsón extra-Latinoamérich than meáto growó in tráfico for the aerolílines of the regionón was Áfear, with a growth of 51% equivalent to 32.000 additional passengers.
further, the 2018 spaghettién was añor very positive for the aerolílines of the regionón and téroute development terms, with a total of 64 new routes started, 22 doméstatic and 42 international. 47 of those routes were intraregional routes (25 international and 22 doméstatic) and 17 extra-regional routes (14 to Norteamérica, 3 to Europe and 1 to the middle east).
As for fleet, the aerosolsílines of the regionóThey closed the 2018 with an operational fleet of 1.962 aircraft. During theñor were handed over to the airlinesílines of the regionón 74 narrow body aircraft, 6 wide body and 6 turbohélists.
It is estimated that for 2019 the aerosolsílines of the regionón overcomeán the 300 million passengers.
