Recovery in air travel continued in December with the total 2023 traffic edging even closer to matching pre-pandemic demand.
Total traffic in 2023 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 36.9% compared with 2022.
Globally, for the full year 2023, traffic was at 94.1% of pre-pandemic (2019) levels.
December total traffic rose 25.3% compared with December 2022 and reached 97.5% of the December 2019 level. Fourth quarter traffic was at 98.2% of 2019, reflecting the strong recovery towards the end of the year.
International traffic in 2023 climbed 41.6% versus 2022 and reached 88.6% of 2019 levels. December international traffic climbed 24.2% over December 2022, reaching 94.7% of the level in December 2019. Fourth quarter traffic was at 94.5% of 2019.
Domestic traffic for 2023 rose 30.4% compared with the prior year. 2023 domestic traffic was 3.9% above the full year 2019 level. December domestic traffic was up 27% over the year earlier and 2.3% above December 2019…
