| November 2020 (% year-on-year) |
World share1 |
RPK |
ASK |
PLF (%-pt)2 |
PLF (level)3 |
| Total Market |
100.0% |
-70.3% |
-58.6% |
-23.0% |
58.0% |
| Africa |
2.1% |
-75.6% |
-63.6% |
-23.4% |
47.4% |
| Asia Pacific |
34.6% |
-61.6% |
-52.9% |
-15.0% |
66.4% |
| Europe |
26.8% |
-82.2% |
-71.6% |
-31.2% |
52.3% |
| Latin America |
5.1% |
-59.8% |
-55.3% |
-8.3% |
74.0% |
| Middle East |
9.1% |
-84.5% |
-69.5% |
-36.1% |
37.2% |
| North America |
22.3% |
-67.6% |
-48.7% |
-30.1% |
51.8% |
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| 1% of industry RPKs in 2019 2Year-on-year change in load factor 3Load Factor Level |
International Passenger Markets
- Asia-Pacific airlines’ November traffic plunged 95.0% compared to the year-ago period, which was barely changed from the 95.3% decline in October. The region continued to suffer from the steepest traffic declines for a fifth consecutive month. Capacity dropped 87.4% and load factor sank 48.4 percentage points to 31.6%, the lowest among regions.
- European carriers saw an 87.0% decline in traffic in November versus a year ago, worsened from an 83% decline in October. Capacity withered 76.5% and load factor fell by 37.4 percentage points to 46.6%.
Middle Eastern airlines’ demand plummeted 86.0% in November year-to-year, which was improved from an 86.9% demand drop in October. Capacity fell 71.0%, and load factor declined 37.9 percentage points to 35.3%.
- North American carriers had an 83.0% traffic drop in November, versus an 87.8% decline in October. Capacity dived 66.1%, and load factor dropped 40.5 percentage points to 40.8%.
- Latin American airlines experienced a 78.6% demand drop in November, compared to the same month last year, improved from an 86.1% decline in October year-to-year. This was the strongest improvement of any region. Routes to/from Central America were the most resilient as governments reduced travel restrictions—especially quarantine requirements. November capacity was 72.0% down and load factor dropped 19.5 percentage points to 62.7%, highest by far among the regions, for a second consecutive month.
- African airlines’ traffic sank 76.7% in November, little changed from a 77.2% drop in October, but the best performance among the regions. Capacity contracted 63.7%, and load factor fell 25.2 percentage points to 45.2%.
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| Domestic Passenger Markets |
| November 2020 (% year-on-year) |
World share1 |
RPK |
ASK |
PLF (%-pt)2 |
PLF (level)3 |
| Domestic |
36.2% |
-41.0% |
-27.1% |
-15.7% |
66.6% |
| Australia |
0.8% |
-79.8% |
-70.8% |
-25.8% |
57.8% |
| Brazil |
1.1% |
-34.5% |
-36.0% |
1.8% |
84.5% |
| China P.R. |
9.8% |
-4.8% |
6.0% |
-8.5% |
74.7% |
| India |
1.6% |
-49.6% |
-37.8% |
-17.0% |
72.8% |
| Japan |
1.1% |
-39.5% |
-25.6% |
-14.7% |
64.0% |
| Russian Fed. |
1.5% |
-23.0% |
-14.0% |
-8.4% |
71.6% |
| US |
14.0% |
-59.9% |
-39.9% |
-27.4% |
54.8% |
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| 1% of industry RPKs in 2019 2Year-on-year change in load factor 3Load Factor Level |
- Australia’s domestic traffic was down 79.8% in November compared to November a year ago, improved from an 84.4% decline in October, as certain states opened up. But it continue
- India’s domestic traffic fell 49.6% in November, an improvement over a 55.6% decline in October, with more improvement expected as more businesses reopen.
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| View the November Air Passenger Market Analysis (pdf) |
