Asian air traffic climbs in 2014
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Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region carried a total of 41 million international passengers in the first two months of 2014 – 7.4% more than the same period last year.
This solid start to the year was revealed by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), whose data confirmed that January’s strong start continued into February. Last month, 19.7m international passengers took to the skies in Asia, 4.6% up year-on-year, despite the fact that monthly results were impacted by the timing of Chinese New Year.
Asian international load factors did dip slightly in February however, falling 0.5 percentage points to 77.4%.
“Regional economic growth remained robust, whilst modest economic improvements in the eurozone helped boost business and consumer confidence, in turn lending support to international passenger travel,” said Andrew Herdman, director general of the AAPA.
He warned however, that Asian carriers continued to face “multiple competitive challenges” that could impact their performance in the future.
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