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THERE IT IS published his study year by year where we can review how the recovery of the airline industry on flights from passengers and load during the 2022.
The aviation industry has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19, with a decrease in the number of passengers of more than 70% on 2020 in comparison with 2019, but the recovery is felt in airports around the world.
On 2022, passenger recovery continued, with IATA predicting growth of around 10%. This has been fueled by the lifting of the travel restrictions in most markets, gradually included, China.
passenger recovery
Looking to 2023, IATA predicts passenger numbers will reach pre-pandemic levels, while cargo demand is expected to remain strong. Nevertheless, recovery will be uneven across regions and countries, and some areas are likely to take longer to recover than others.
- The total traffic in 2022 (measured in revenue passenger-kilometres or RPK) increased a 64,4% in comparison with 2021. Worldwide, the traffic of the whole year 2022 was from 68,5% from pre-pandemic levels (2019).
- international traffic in 2022 went up a 152,7% compared to 2021 and reached the 62,2% of the levels of 2019.
- Domestic traffic for 2022 increased a 10,9% compared to the previous year. The national traffic of 2022 was from 79,6% the level of the whole year 2019.
Latin American airlines registered an increase in traffic of the 119,2 % on 2022 for the whole year 2021. Annual capacity increased by 93,3% and load factor increased 9,7 percentage points up to 82,2%, the highest among the regions. December demand rose 37,0% compared to December 2021.
Air cargo
The load demand in 2020 was the highest ever recorded, due to increasing demand for medical supplies, the rise of e-commerce and the need to replenish international supply chains., and THERE IT IS predicts that demand will remain strong in 2023, although during the 2022 the first statistical drop in recent years occurred.
- The global demand for the whole year in 2022, measured in freight ton-kilometres (CTK*), decreased a 8,0% in comparison with 2021 (-8,2 % for international operations). In comparison with 2019, fell a 1,6% (both global and international).
- The capacity in 2022, measured in tons-kilometres of available cargo (ACTK), was a 3,0% superior to that of 2021 (+4,5% for international operations). Compared to the levels of 2019 (before COVID), capacity decreased a 8,2 % (-9,0% for international operations).
- Performance weakened in December: global demand was a 15,3% below the levels of 2021 (-15,8% for international operations). Monthly cargo demand remained below levels of 2021 since March 2022. The overall capacity was a 2,2% below the levels of 2021 (-0,5% for international operations). This was the tenth consecutive monthly contraction compared to the performance of 2021.
Latin American carriers posted the strongest year-over-year performance of all regions, with an increase of 13,1% on demand in 2022 in comparison with 2021 (+15,0% for international operations). During the same period, airlines recorded an increase in capacity of 27,1% (+27,8% for international operations). In comparison with 2019 (pre-COVID levels), the demand was a 4,3% inferior (-2,6% for international operations) and the capacity was reduced a 14,3% (-10,8% for international operations). In December, airlines in the region recorded stagnant growth in demand (+2,3% for international operations) in comparison with 2021. capacity grew 27,6% (+32,7% for international operations) during the same period.
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