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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the strong post-pandemic passenger traffic trend continued in September. African airlines posted a 28.1% traffic increase in September 2023 versus a year ago.<\/p>\n

Overall global capacity was up 29.9% and load factor slipped 1.0 percentage points to 72.6%. Total traffic in September 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 30.1% compared to September 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 97.3% of pre-covid levels.<\/p>\n

Global gomestic traffic hit a new high for the month of September, as traffic rose 28.3% versus September 2022 and exceeded the September 2019 level by 5.0%. This is as international traffic climbed 31.2% compared to the same month a year ago. All markets saw double-digit percentage gains year on year.<\/p>\n

Moreover, international RPKs reached exceeded 93% of September 2019 levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe third quarter of 2023 ended on a high note, with record domestic passenger demand for the month of September and continued strong international traffic,\u201d said Willie Walsh, IATA\u2019s director general.<\/p>\n

Asia-Pacific airlines had a 92.6% increase in September 2023 traffic compared to September 2022, continuing to lead the regions in terms of annual improvement. Capacity climbed 82.1% and the load factor increased by 4.5 percentage points to 82.5%.<\/p>\n

European carriers\u2019 September traffic climbed 15.7% versus September 2022. Capacity increased 14.9%, and load factor edged up 0.6 percentage points to 85.5%. In the Middle East airlines saw a 26.6% increase in September traffic compared to a year ago as capacity rose 23.7% and load factor climbed 1.9 percentage points to 81.8%.<\/p>\n

In North America carriers had an 18.9% traffic rise in September 2023 versus the 2022 period. Capacity increased 18.0%, and load factor improved 0.6 percentage points to 85.6%. Latin American airlines\u2019 traffic rose 26.8% compared to the same month in 2022. September capacity climbed 24.7% and load factor rose 1.4 percentage points to 85.8%.<\/p>\n

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