Based on IATA monthly report, passenger traffic for January 2004 shows a 5.9% growth and 7.2% increase…
Based on IATA monthly report, passenger traffic for January 2004 shows a 5.9% growth and 7.2% increase for freight as compared to January 2003.
The Middle East region present the highest passenger traffic increase with 30.3% as compared to January 2003, followed by Africa (7.3%) and Asia-Pacific (6.3%). Europe and America were both over 3% growth.
Passenger Load Factor for January 2004 was slightly lower (73.3%) than December 2003 (74%).
These results confirm the healthy recovery trend of the last quarter of 2003, comments IATA Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani. It is a good start towards achieving the 7% annual growth in global passenger traffic and 4.4% in cargo that we have forecast for 2004.
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