{"id":223572,"date":"2023-07-10T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=223572"},"modified":"2023-07-10T06:09:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T23:09:48","slug":"airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines boost load factors in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SINGAPORE, 10 July&nbsp;2023: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released May 2023 traffic data showing strong growth in air travel demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Total traffic in May 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 39.1% compared to May 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 96.1% of May 2019 (pre-pandemic) levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Domestic traffic for May rose 36.4% compared to the year-ago period. Total May 2023 domestic traffic was 5.3% above the May 2019 level. This is the second consecutive month that domestic traffic has exceeded pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International traffic climbed 40.9% versus May 2022, with all markets recording strong growth, led again by Asia-Pacific carriers. International RPKs reached 90.8% in May 2019, with Middle East and North American airlines exceeding pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total industry load factor rose to 81.8%, led by North American carriers at 86.3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe saw more good news in May. Planes were full, with the average load factors reaching 81.8%. Domestic markets reported growth on pre-pandemic levels. And, heading into the busy Northern summer travel season, international demand reached 90.8% of pre-pandemic levels,\u201d said IATA\u2019s director general Willie Walsh.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"195\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4-600x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223574 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4-600x195.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4.jpg 611w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/195;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>International Passenger Markets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Asia-Pacific airlines <\/strong>had a156.7% increase inMay 2023 traffic compared to May 2022, maintaining a very positive momentum since the lifting of the remaining travel restrictions in the region earlier this year. Capacity rose 136.1%, and the load factor increased 6.4 percentage points to 80.0%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>European carriers <\/strong>posted a 19.8% traffic rise versus May 2022. Capacity climbed 14.2%, and the load factor rose 3.9 percentage points to 84.4%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Middle Eastern airlines <\/strong>saw a 30.8% traffic increase compared to May a year ago. Capacity climbed 25.0%, and the load factor pushed 3.6 percentage points to 80.2%. The region is leading the recovery, with May traffic at 17.2% above 2019 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North American carriers\u2019<\/strong> traffic climbed 31.0% in May 2023 versus 2022. Capacity increased 23.2%, and the load factor rose 5.1 percentage points to 85.1%, the region&#8217;s highest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Latin American airlines<\/strong> had a 26.3% traffic increase compared to the same month in 2022. May capacity climbed faster&#8211; up 27.3% &#8212; and the load factor slipped 0.7 percentage points to 83.8%. The region was the only one to see capacity growth exceed traffic growth for the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>African airlines\u2019 <\/strong>traffic rose45.2% in May 2023 versus a year ago. May capacity was up 44.2%, and the load factor increased 0.5 percentage points to 68.8%, the region&#8217;s lowest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE, 10 July&nbsp;2023: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released May 2023 traffic data showing strong growth in air travel demand. Total traffic in May 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 39.1% compared to May 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 96.1% of May 2019 (pre-pandemic) levels. Domestic traffic for May rose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[469,246],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-223572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-airlines","7":"category-singapore"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Airlines boost load factors in May - TTR Weekly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Airlines boost load factors in May - TTR Weekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SINGAPORE, 10 July&nbsp;2023: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released May 2023 traffic data showing strong growth in air travel demand. Total traffic in May 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 39.1% compared to May 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 96.1% of May 2019 (pre-pandemic) levels. Domestic traffic for May rose [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TTR Weekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/TTRweekly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-09T22:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-09T23:09:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iata.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TTR WEEKLY\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/ttrweekly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ttrweekly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TTR WEEKLY\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TTR WEEKLY\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/0969996ed7cd03b896cfdbc063a1dd93\"},\"headline\":\"Airlines boost load factors in May\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-09T22:15:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-09T23:09:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4-600x195.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"AIRLINES\",\"SINGAPORE\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/\",\"name\":\"Airlines boost load factors in May - TTR Weekly\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4-600x195.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-09T22:15:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-09T23:09:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4.jpg\",\"width\":611,\"height\":199},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Airlines boost load factors in May\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/\",\"name\":\"TTR Weekly\",\"description\":\"News for Southeast Asia&#039;s travel planners. Latest news, travel news, B2B news, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Brunei.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ttrweekly\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TTRW-272-01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TTRW-272-01.png\",\"width\":1133,\"height\":375,\"caption\":\"ttrweekly\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/TTRweekly\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ttrweekly\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/0969996ed7cd03b896cfdbc063a1dd93\",\"name\":\"TTR WEEKLY\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ttrweekly\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/author\/e-newswire\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Airlines boost load factors in May - TTR Weekly","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Airlines boost load factors in May - TTR Weekly","og_description":"SINGAPORE, 10 July&nbsp;2023: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released May 2023 traffic data showing strong growth in air travel demand. Total traffic in May 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 39.1% compared to May 2022. Globally, traffic is now at 96.1% of May 2019 (pre-pandemic) levels. Domestic traffic for May rose [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/","og_site_name":"TTR Weekly","article_publisher":"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/TTRweekly\/","article_published_time":"2023-07-09T22:15:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-09T23:09:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iata.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"TTR WEEKLY","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/ttrweekly","twitter_site":"@ttrweekly","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TTR WEEKLY","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/"},"author":{"name":"TTR WEEKLY","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/0969996ed7cd03b896cfdbc063a1dd93"},"headline":"Airlines boost load factors in May","datePublished":"2023-07-09T22:15:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-09T23:09:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/"},"wordCount":357,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4-600x195.jpg","articleSection":["AIRLINES","SINGAPORE"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/","name":"Airlines boost load factors in May - TTR Weekly","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4-600x195.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-09T22:15:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-09T23:09:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5-4.jpg","width":611,"height":199},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/07\/airlines-boost-load-factors-in-may\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Airlines boost load factors in May"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/","name":"TTR Weekly","description":"News for Southeast Asia&#039;s travel planners. Latest news, travel news, B2B news, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Brunei.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#organization","name":"ttrweekly","url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TTRW-272-01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TTRW-272-01.png","width":1133,"height":375,"caption":"ttrweekly"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/TTRweekly\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ttrweekly"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/0969996ed7cd03b896cfdbc063a1dd93","name":"TTR WEEKLY","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ttrweekly"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/author\/e-newswire\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223610,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223572\/revisions\/223610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}