{"id":1677,"date":"2020-11-06T00:24:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T00:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/?p=26566"},"modified":"2020-12-08T22:26:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T22:26:55","slug":"iata-september-offers-no-relief-to-passenger-downturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/iata-september-offers-no-relief-to-passenger-downturn\/","title":{"rendered":"IATA: September Offers No Relief to Passenger Downturn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/aviation\/airlines\/iata-september-offers-no-relief-to-passenger-downturn\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IATA September Offers No Relief to Passenger Downturn-AIRLINEHUB-TRAVELINDEX\" src=\"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IATA-September-Offers-No-Relief-to-Passenger-Downturn-AIRLINEHUB-TRAVELINDEX-500x278.jpg\" alt=\"IATA: September Offers No Relief to Passenger Downturn\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>Geneva, Switzerland, November 6, 2020 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that passenger demand in September remained highly depressed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was 72.8% below September 2019 levels (only slightly improved over the 75.2% year-to-year decline recorded in August). Capacity was down 63% compared to a year ago and load factor fell 21.8 percentage points to 60.1%.<\/li>\n<li>International passenger demand in September plunged 88.8% compared to September 2019, basically unchanged from the 88.5% decline recorded in August. Capacity plummeted 78.9%, and load factor withered 38.2 percentage points to 43.5%.<\/li>\n<li>Domestic demand in September was down 43.3% compared to the previous year, improved from a 50.7% decline in August. Compared to 2019, capacity fell 33.3% and the load factor dropped 12.4 percentage points to 69.9%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe have hit a wall in the industry\u2019s recovery. A resurgence in COVID-19 outbreaks\u2013particularly in Europe and the US\u2013combined with governments\u2019 reliance on the blunt instrument of quarantine in the absence of globally aligned testing regimes, has halted momentum toward re-opening borders to travel. Although domestic markets are doing better, this is primarily owing to improvements in China and Russia. And domestic traffic represents just a bit more than a third of total traffic, so it is not enough to sustain a general recovery,\u201d said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA\u2019s Director General and CEO.<\/p>\n<h4>International Passenger Markets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>European carriers\u2019<\/strong> September demand collapsed 82.5% versus a year ago, which was a setback compared to an 80.5% decline in August. Europe was the only region to see a deterioration in traffic compared to August, owing to renewed infections that led to a wave of border closings. Capacity contracted 70.7% and load factor fell by 35.1 percentage points to 51.8%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asia-Pacific airlines<\/strong>\u2019 September traffic sank 95.8% compared to the year-ago period, virtually unchanged from a 96.2% drop in August. The region continued to suffer from the steepest fall in traffic as flight restrictions have remained stringent with little re-opening of borders. Capacity plummeted 89.6% and load factor shrank 46.8 percentage points to 31.7%, the lowest among regions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Middle Eastern airlines<\/strong> posted a 90.2% traffic decline for September, improved from a 92.3% demand drop in August. Capacity tumbled 78.5%, and load factor sank 40.9 percentage points to 34.4%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>North American carriers<\/strong> saw a 91.3% traffic decline in September, a slight improvement from a 92.0% decline in August. Capacity toppled 78.3%, and load factor dropped 49.8 percentage points to 33.4%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Latin American airlines<\/strong> faced a 92.2% demand drop in September, compared to the same month last year, versus a 93.4% decline in August versus August 2019. Capacity dived 87.9% and load factor dropped 29.3 percentage points to 53.3%, highest among the regions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>African airlines<\/strong>\u2019 traffic sank 88.5% in September, barely budged from an 88.7% drop in August. Capacity contracted 74.7%, and load factor fell 39.4 percentage points to 32.6%, which was the second lowest among regions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Australia\u2019s <\/strong>domestic traffic was down 88.7% compared to September 2019 virtually unchanged from August (-88.8%), amid continuing strict containment measures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brazil\u2019s <\/strong>domestic traffic fell 55.3% in September, an 11.7 percentage point improvement compared to August.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Bottom Line:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cLast week we provided analysis showing that the airline industry cannot slash costs fast enough to compensate for the collapse in passenger demand brought about by COVID-19 and government border closures and quarantines. Some 4.8 million aviation-sector jobs are imperiled, as are a total of 46 million people in the broader economy whose jobs are supported by aviation. To avoid this economic catastrophe, governments need to align on testing as a way to open borders and enable travel without quarantine; and provide further relief measures to sustain the industry through the dark winter ahead. A broader economic recovery is only possible through the connectivity provided by aviation,\u201d said de Juniac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geneva, Switzerland, November 6, 2020 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that passenger demand in September remained highly depressed. Total demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was 72.8% below September 2019 levels (only slightly improved over the 75.2% year-to-year decline recorded in August). 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