Airports Council International (ACI) World has found global passenger traffic grew by 4.8 percent in January, a growth rate consistent with results recorded for December 2018.
Following a weaker result in December in which industry volumes fell 1.5 percent, the air freight market inched down by 0.1 percent in January.
ACI collects and analyzes data from a significant sample of airports that provide regular reports on month-by-month passenger and freight statistics; this forms part of the world’s most comprehensive source for airport data.
“Global passenger traffic growth remained robust in January but below the 12-months rolling average for the industry of 5.8 percent,” ACI World director general Angela Gittens said. “Global air freight continued to decline, but at a slower rate, and this needs to be seen in the context of last year’s growth and the current market conditions.
“Twelve months ago, the air freight industry grew 8 percent, which was a particularly successful month, and this set a higher benchmark for January this year. Given the increased use of tariffs, continuing tensions, and resulting supply chain shocks, air freight volumes have shown some resilience in that they did not fall further.”
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