The Middle East aviation sector continues to record strong growth figures as airlines and travel industry bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Middle Eastern airlines saw a 75 per cent uplift om traffic in February, compared to the same period the year before.
At the same time, capacity climbed 40.5 per cent and load factor pushed up 15.8 percentage points to 80 per cent.
Middle East aviation
Meanwhile international traffic climbed 89.7 per cent around the world.
Asia-Pacific airlines saw the biggest growth, with a 378.7 per cent increase in February 2023 traffic, compared to February 2022.
The increase follows positive momentum of the past few months since the lifting of travel restrictions in the region.
Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General, said: “Despite the uncertain economic signals, demand for air travel continues to be strong across the globe and particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. The industry is now just about 15% below 2019 levels of demand and that gap is narrowing each month.
“People are flying in ever greater numbers. With the Easter holidays we are expecting large numbers of travellers to take to the skies in many parts of the world.
“They should do so with confidence that airlines have been rebuilding resiliency that suffered owing to the pandemic. Other participants in the air travel value chain, including airports, air navigation service providers, and airport security staff, need to have the same commitment to ensuring our customers can enjoy smooth holiday travel”.
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