BY BUSINESS REPORTER
A recent global air travel report made available to BusinessDay has revealed that Africa and Middle East Passenger traffic recorded a 5.1 percent rise in traffic in 201,with capacity up by 0.8 percent, while load factor gained 3.4 points to 82.1 percent.
The Africa network continues to recover from its previous year performance, but the Middle East remains affected by political instability.
Meanwhile, the Caribbean and Indian Ocean network recorded a 3.6percent, rise in traffic for capacity up by 4.1percent, while the load factor stood at 83.3% (-0.4 points).
The European network was the most affected by the severe weather of December 2010, contributing to the sharp year on year rise, which was also attributable to the opening of the Marseille Base in October 2011. Traffic and capacity rose 14.8 percent and 14.9percent respectively. The load factor was stable at 71.0% (-0.1 point).
A look at the 2010 activity in December 2010 shows that severe weather conditions in Europe and the United States, led to the cancellation of 5,100 flights, flattering the yea-on-year comparison. December capacity was up by 6.3percent and traffic rose 7.5percent, leading to a one point gain in load factor to 81.5%. The group carried 6.11 million passengers, up 11.7 percent. Unit revenue per available seat kilometre (RASK) ex-currency was stable relative to December 2010.
On the Americas network traffic and capacity rose 9.0percent and 6.7percent respectively, driven mainly by Latin America. The load factor gained 1.8 point to 86.7%.
The Asia network saw a 4.0percent rise in traffic for capacity up 3.2percent, leading to a 0.7 point rise in load factor to 83.0%.
However Japanese activity has yet to recover to the levels prior to last year’s earthquake and tsunami.
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