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The movement of passengers and air cargo closed the 2021 According to the most recent statistical bulletin of THERE IT IS.
The International Air Transport Association presented its most recent report on the development and recovery of the airline industry in the cargo and passenger segments during the 2021.
Although the challenge remains for recovery and variants such as the Omicron have put a new brake on the industry, leading even to cancellation of thousands of flights Worldwide, the picture is still encouraging.
Movement of passengers and cargo during the 2021
Although the upward trend is not permanent and declines are observed, driven by new variants and extreme measures of restriction by governments, there is light at the end of the tunnel on the way to recovery to numbers of the 2019.
passengers during the 2021
The demand for international passengers in 2021 was a 75,5% below the levels of 2019. The capacity (measured in available seat kilometers or ASK) decreased a 65,3% and the load factor fell 24,0 percentage points up to 58%.
The global domestic demand in 2021 decreased a 28,2% in comparison with 2019. Capacity shrank 19,2% and the load factor fell 9,3 percentage points up to 74,3%.
Total traffic for the month of December 2021 was a 45,1% below the same month 2019, improved since the contraction of the 47,0% in November, as monthly demand continued to recover despite Omicron concerns. capacity was reduced by 37,6% and the load factor fell 9,8 percentage points up to 72,3%.
Latin America
Latin American airlines had a decrease in traffic from 66,9% throughout the year compared to 2019. capacity fell by 62,2% and the load factor fell 10,2 percentage points to 72,6%, the highest among the regions. traffic dropped a 40,4% in the month of December compared to December 2019, significantly improving the fall of the 47,3% in November.
charging during 2021
Global air cargo markets show full-year demand rose by 6,9% on 2021, in comparison with 2019 (pre-covid levels) and a 18,7% in comparison with 2020 After a strong performance in December 2021. This was the second largest improvement in year-on-year demand since IATA began monitoring cargo performance in 1990 (behind the increase in 20,6% from 2010), surpassing the increase in 9,8 % in world merchandise trade 8,9 percentage points.
Lack of spare capacity contributed to higher yields and revenue, supporting airlines and some long-haul passenger services in the face of collapsing passenger revenue. in december 2021, the rates were almost a 150% above the levels of 2019.
Latin America
Latin American carriers reported a drop in international demand for the 15,2% on 2021 in comparison with 2019 and a drop in the capacity of the 30,2%. Latin American registered airlines had a challenging year, since several were involved in long restructuring processes. Having said that, restructuring processes are coming to an end and December's performance was the best of the year, with operators in the region reporting a drop in 2,9% in international demand compared to December 2019. This was a significant improvement over dropping 13,4%. The last month.
Small steps towards the full recovery of the airline industry.
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The truth is that we are doing better than I expected, recovery is progressing very well, soon we will recover 100%. Good post
Let's hope so and the new variants do not stop the recovery.
Hello there:
You have passenger movement figures from local airports?
Not yet, but I promise to get them.