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Global air passenger traffic continued, in March, to recover strongly from the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. Total air passenger traffic in that month jumped 52.4% in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, and reached 88% of March 2019 (pre-Covid) levels. (IATA was the global representative body for the airline industry, with some 300 member airlines, collectively responsible for 83% of air traffic, worldwide.) International air passenger traffic in March soared 68.9%, y-o-y, and reached 81.6% of March 2019 levels. Moreover, the international load factor in March of 81.3% actually exceeded the March 2019 load factor by 10.1 percentage points. This recovery was led by the Asia-Pacific region, but all markets reported good growth. Domestic air passenger traffic growth in March came of a higher base than international traffic, but was still substantial, at 34.1%, y-o-y. Domestic traffic reached 98.9% of March 2019’s numbers.

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