9-Jan-2012 12:10 PM
Middle East leads strong global pax traffc growth in 2011: ICAO
ICAO reported (06-Jan-2012) global air passenger numbers increased 5.1% year-on-year to 2.7 billion in 2011. Details include:
- Passenger traffic (RPKs): +6.4% year-on-year;
- Africa: +4.7%;
- Asia Pacific: +6.3%;
- Europe: +8.9%;
- Middle East: +11.9%;
- North America: +2.9%;
- Latin America: +7.5%;
- Load factor: 77.5%;
- Africa: 66.7%;
- Asia Pacific: 75.8%;
- Europe: 75.9%;
- Middle East: 73.2%;
- North America: 83.5%;
- Latin America: 78.5%;
- Cargo volume: 49 million tonnes;
- Cargo traffic (FTKs): +0.7%. [more - original PR]