The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has reported continued strong growth global air passenger demand in February, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms. Total demand rose 21.5%, while international demand jumped 26.3% and domestic demand increased by 15%. Total capacity increased by 18.7%, also y-o-y, with international capacity growing by 25.5% and domestic capacity by 9.4%. The total load factor in February was 80.6%, with the international load factor being 79.3% and the domestic load factor reaching 82.6%. These were all y-o-y improvements, being increases of 1.9 percentage points (ppt) for the total, 0.5 ppt for the international, and 4.0 ppt for the domestic, load factors.
