African air travel growth spikes, outpacing strong global recovery
Passenger air traffic in Africa in October grew at more than twice September’s rate, Iata data shows, with growth seen across the globe as air travel recovered from hurricane disruptions
Passenger air traffic in Africa has risen sharply in October, up 7.5% year on year from a 3.6% increase in September, according to the International Air Transport Association’s (Iata’s) latest analysis of global demand. The increase for Africa was slightly better than the aggregate year-on-year growth in global demand, which stood at 7.3% from a 6.6% increase in September. Iata said airlines in all regions had recorded growth, with total capacity rising 6% and the load factor up one percentage point to 79.4%. Iata measures traffic in what it calls revenue passenger kilometres, which reflects actual traffic as opposed to schedule-based data.
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