IATA: Domestic markets drive RPK recovery

27 November, 2020

IATA, via its Americas regional briefing for Nov-2020, stated (26-Nov-2020) industry-wide traffic (RPK) declined by 72.8% year-on-year in Sep-2020, a small improvement from the 75.3% fall in Aug-2020. The recovery remained largely driven by domestic markets. Year-on-year RPK by regions in the Americas was as follows:

  • North America: -74.7;
  • Latin America: -76.2;
  • US domestic: -65%;
  • Brazil domestic: -55.3%;
  • North America-Europe routes: -92.5%;
  • North America-Asia routes: -93.7%;
  • North America-South America: -89%;
  • South America-Europe: -90%;
  • Within South America: -99.2%. [more - original PR]