MONTRÉAL, 6 APRIL 2015 – ICAO released the preliminary version of its 2015 Air Transport Yearly Monitor today, indicating growth in traffic and capacity by markets and ranking global airlines and airports.
Amongst the salient facts reported by the UN’s agency for international civil aviation are the following:
The world’s top three airlines by revenue-passenger kilometres were all based in the United States, with American Airlines taking the top position
Emirates outranked Air France-KLM to take fourth place, thanks to growth of 8.8%
The world’s top three busiest airports by numbers of passengers were Atlanta (ATL), Beijing (PEK), and Dubai (DXB), in that order
Despite a decrease in the number of departures, Chicago (ORD) recorded 9.8% growth in passenger numbers, making it the world’s fourth busiest airport by the metric
At 2.2%, growth in global freight traffic was less than half of that recorded in 2014 (4.9%), reflecting stagnating world trade development
International passenger traffic grew by 6.7% year-on-year in the year 2015, with the Middle East being the fastest growing region
The highest Passenger Load Factor in ten years was recorded, reaching 80.2%, despite an increase in capacity offered in all regions, thanks to air carrier optimization. North America recorded the highest load factor, approximating 83.5%
Worldwide, passenger traffic grew by 6.8% in 2015 while available seat-kilometre capacity increased by 6.1%
These statistics were collated from ICAO’s own resources and information provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Official Airline Guide (OAG), and airlines’ websites.
The full report can be downloaded at this link: http://www.icao.int/sustainability/Pages/Air-Traffic-Monitor.aspx
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