Association of Asia Pacific Airline's April 2002 Traffic Results

28 June 2002

Continuing the momentum in traffic recovery, AAPA international scheduled passenger traffic produced yet another positive, albeit small gain, with revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) rising by 0.3% year-on-year in April. The number of passengers carried, reflecting an increase more in short haul traffic, increased 2.9% year-on-year. The capacity was 4.3% below that of April 2001, leading to a 3.5-percentage point gain in load factor, to 75.1%.

Traffic within the Asia Pacific region grew by 3.8% while traffic between Asia Pacific and Europe increased 6.6%. However, the Transpacific traffic, with a double-digit decline of 11.4%, continued to be the only major route still suffering from the impact of September 11. 

The markedly improved freight market propelled AAPA international freight traffic to a growth rate of 15.5% year-on-year - the first double-digit growth since September 2000. The load factor climbed to 68.0% - a gain of 7.3 percentage points - as the capacity increased moderately, by 3.3%.

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