Global air traffic of people traveling increased by 5.9 percent in March over the same month last year, according to data released today by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The figure exceeds the registered 2.2 percentage points in February, when passenger volume grew by 3.7 percent.
The body of the increase attributed to the Easter holiday, which this year took place in March and not in April as well as the “robust growth” in emerging markets such as Latin America, Middle East and China.
“Confidence levels continue foreshadowing industry economic improvement” despite downward revisions of growth in the eurozone or spending cuts in the U.S., said CEO of IATA, Tony Tyler.
“It is important that governments do not put obstacles in the way of recovery,” said Tyler, referring to the “mature” markets, maintaining growth “relatively small”.
As for the global passenger traffic, demand for international flights in March grew by 6 percent over the same month of 2012 and compared with the previous month, demand rose 0.4 percent.
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