Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced strong demand growth in air travel for March 2023. Total traffic in March 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 52.4% compared to March 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 88.0% of March 2019 levels. Read more: https://go.updates.iata.org/webmail/123902/1551340993/221d7ebc3f1ee6bc107cfd68e20df831e51a57b600c5b807e5941c46823ece3d
In March 2023, 2’081’649 passengers passed through Zurich Airport, corresponding to an increase of 58% compared to last year. Passenger levels are 86% of those reached in March 2019. read more: https://www.flughafen-zuerich.ch/newsroom/en/key-traffic-figures-march-2023/#:~:text=Key%20traffic%20figures%20March%202023%20In%20March%202023%2C,are%2086%25%20of%20those%20reached%20in%20March%202019.
Eurocontrol’s latest traffic outlook underlines the region’s economic and geopolitical uncertainties, even as the agency revises upwards the number of European flights expected in 2023 and 2024 as post-pandemic pent-up demand continues to drive bookings. In its spring update to the seven-year traffic outlook presented in October 2022, the European network manager noted that flight … Read more
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced continued strong growth in air travel demand, based on February 2023 traffic results. Read more: https://go.updates.iata.org/webmail/123902/1541845629/221d7ebc3f1ee6bc107cfd68e20df831e51a57b600c5b807e5941c46823ece3d
Most notably in Europe there were significant delays and capacity constraints at key airports. According to Eurocontrol, there was a 33% increase in arrival delays compared with 2019, reaching 16.9 minutes per flight on average. Peak periods easily exceeded that average. Departure punctuality was below 50% at the beginning of July and rarely rose above … Read more