October 2022 Worldwide Traffic: Worldwide passenger traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 44.6 percent during October 2022 compared to October 2021 according to the International Air Transport Association. October 2022 passenger demand was 25.8 percent below October 2019. International demand is driving the recovery over 2021. October 2022 international demand was 102.4 percent above 2021 levels. During September, the Middle East region was increasing at the greatest rate versus 2021. Domestic demand was 0.8 percent lower than October 2021 driven by continued declines in China.

 

 

October 2022 versus October 2021

	RPK	ASK
Asia Pacific	36.8%	13.9%
Europe	48.7%	28.1%
Latin America	40.0%	36.2%
Middle East	106.5%	51.1%
North America	31.2%	16.3%
Total Market	44.6%	23.9%
International	102.4%	57.1%
Domestic	-0.8%	-7.4%
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YTD 2022 versus YTD 2021

	RPK	ASK
Asia Pacific	27.5%	13.6%
Europe	117.8%	79.0%
Latin America	74.3%	62.8%
Middle East	171.6%	75.0%
North America	52.8%	32.4%
Total Market	70.3%	43.4%
International	177.0%	95.4%
Domestic	12.2%	5.4%
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Load Factor

	October 2022	YTD 2022
Asia Pacific	75.5%	70.4%
Europe	84.8%	80.7%
Latin America	83.3%	81.4%
Middle East	79.1%	74.6%
North America	86.4%	83.6%
Total Market	82.0%	78.2%
International	82.1%	77.9%
Domestic	81.9%	78.7%
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RPK: Revenue-Passenger-Kilometers; ASK: Available-Seat-Kilometers; PLF: Passenger-Load-Factor