Passenger demand flying high
Passenger demand flying high
Air passenger demand hit an 18-month high, figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show.IATA said that year-on-year international passenger demand had risen by 9.3 per cent in November.
Latin American airlines saw the biggest increase in demand, with 20.1 per cent more people travelling than at the same time last year.
And Middle East based carriers also saw a double digit increase, this time of 18.3 per cent.
Carriers in Asia, North America and
Europe all experienced increased of around eight per cent.
However, IATA's director general said that the rate of growth was expected to fall in 2008 and that airlines would need to continue to seek efficiency gains.
But despite this pessimism airlines flying out of the UK have continued to announce new routes.
According to Tony Hallwood, aviation development direct at Bristol International Airport, it is this choice in routes that has encouraged people to fly.
In November of last year the Civil Aviation Authority published a report that showed annual passengers at UK airports had exceeded 100 million for the first time.
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8 January 2008
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