Middle Eastern airlines saw a 26.6 percent increase in passenger traffic in September compared to the same period in 2022, while capacity increased by 23.7 percent and load factor by 1.9 percentage points to 81.8 percent.
According to data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), demand in the air travel sector continued to grow during September 2023, and total air travel traffic by "revenue per passenger kilometer" increased by 30.1 percent compared to September 2022.
Air traffic reached 97.3 percent of pre-pandemic levels. Domestic travel reached a record high in September 2023, with traffic increasing by 28.3 percent compared to September 2022, and surpassing the September 2019 level by 5 percent.
Source (Al-Khaleej Emirati Newspaper, Edited)
