Passenger demand reaches all-time high, IATA finds

Passenger Terminal Today
Elizabeth Baker
01 November 2024

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for September 2024 global passenger demand which found that revenue passenger kilometers (RPK) were up 7.1% compared to September 2023, an all-time high for September.

Additionally, total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), was up 5.8% year-on-year. The September load factor was 83.6% (+1.0 percentage points (ppt) compared to September 2023). International demand also rose 9.2% compared to September 2023. Capacity was up 9.1% year-on-year and the load factor rose to 83.8% (+0.1ppt compared to September 2023). Alongside this, domestic demand rose 3.7% compared to September 2023, with capacity up 0.7% year-on-year and 83.3% load factor (+2.4ppt compared to September 2023).

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