The forecast that we made in the immediate aftermath of September 11, of the first year-on-year fall in international scheduled traffic since 1991, has…
The forecast that we made in the immediate aftermath of September 11, of the first year-on-year fall in international scheduled traffic since 1991, hasmaterialised, said
During the year 2001, total traffic (passengers plus freight) fell by nearly 6 percent, against a total capacity decrease of less than 1 percent (these figures do not appear on the summary table, below).
There are two hopeful signs, continued Jeanniot. Capacity cuts in December were in line with the market conditions, and we know from our Corporate Air Travel Survey that a pick-up in business travel may not be far away.
IATA MEMBERS` AVERAGE
(International Scheduled Services)
Passenger Traffic, % change over `00 (Revenue-Passenger-kilometres): Dec 2001 -12, Jan-Dec 2001 -4
Passenger Seat Supply, % change over `00 (Available-Seat-kilometres): Dec 2001 -11, Jan-Dec 2001 -1
Passenger Load Factor, (% points): Dec 2001 69, Jan-Dec 2001 71
Freight Traffic, % change over `00 (Revenue Tonne-kilometres): Dec 2001 -10, Jan-Dec 2001 -8
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