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The airline markets Dominican Republic, Colombia and Mexico lead the recovery of air traffic in Latin America and the Caribe.
The passenger traffic Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) continues to recover faster than the rest of the regions, reaching 90,5% from their July levels 2019, followed by Africa with 87% and North America with 85%.
for july 2022, In the international market, three countries of the region stand out that have surpassed the levels reached in 2019: Dominican Republic that reached 116% compared to 2019, that is to say 16% of growth. Followed by Colombia (109%) and Mexico (106%).
Recovery of air traffic in the region
the traffic report HIGH shows that in the month of July 2022 were transported to 29,7 million passengers in the region and, in the accumulated January-July, 183,9 million passengers, which represents a 13% less than their levels 2019.
domestic air transportation, not being impacted by international traffic restrictions, it has recovered faster. for july 2022 Mexico reached 106%, Brazil arrived at 90%. Of the total passengers transported in July, domestic passengers accounted for 68,7%.
“Colombia achieved an outstanding recovery in the first half of the year with a growth of 26% against your levels 2019. Brazil continues to improve, arriving to 90% of their levels 2019. The continued removal of restrictions on international traffic has been critical to achieving this.. looking to the future, we know that the population will continue to require air transport, However, To make it really possible for more people to use this means of transport, we need to continue reducing costs associated with fees and taxes., as well as continue optimizing regulations that generate inefficiencies”, comments José Ricardo Botelho, executive director and CEO of the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (HIGH).
In terms of relative capacity, that is chairs per kilometer (ASK), it is observed that the domestic is 2.9 above their levels of 2019. Load factor reached 83.3%, 4.4 points below 2019. The domestic was 81.8% while the intra-LAC was 78.8% and the extra-LAC of 85.5%.
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