{"id":122162,"date":"2017-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/iata-5-8-increase-in-global-air-passenger-demand-in-february-2017\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:50:08","slug":"iata-5-8-increase-in-global-air-passenger-demand-in-february-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/iata-5-8-increase-in-global-air-passenger-demand-in-february-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"IATA: 5.8% Increase in Global Air Passenger Demand in February 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In February, global demand for air passenger transport recorded a 5.8% increase, amid an improving global economy and lower fares, without a major impact from the attempt to ban entry into the United States for citizens of six states, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Middle Eastern airlines, the most affected by the travel restriction attempt, recorded a 9.5% increase in demand in February, announced IATA, which represents approximately 265 airlines, or 83% of global air traffic.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In February, the load factor (the number of seats occupied on each flight) rose to a record level of 79.5%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lower fares have put pressure on airlines in recent months, and IATA estimates that fares have decreased by over 10% compared to last year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What was the global growth in air passenger demand in February 2017?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Global air passenger demand grew by 5.8% in February 2017 compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did Middle Eastern airlines perform during this period?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite travel restrictions, Middle Eastern carriers saw a 9.5% increase in demand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What factors contributed to the increase in air travel demand?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The growth was primarily driven by an improving global economy and a decrease in airfares of over 10%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February, global demand for air passenger transport recorded a 5.8% increase, amid an improving global economy and lower fares, without a major impact from the attempt to ban entry into the United States for citizens of six states, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced. Middle Eastern airlines, the most affected by the travel&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122162"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}