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Tue, Jun 23, 2009

ATA Reports Decline in Passenger Demand, Cargo Traffic

H1N1 Reportedly Exacerbates Recessionary Toll on Air Travel Demand

ATA is reporting that passenger revenue fell 26 percent in May 2009 versus the same month in 2008 – the seventh consecutive month in which passenger revenue has fallen from the prior year.

The number of passengers traveling on US airlines in May fell 9.5 percent while the average price to fly one mile fell 17.6 percent. Revenue declines extended beyond the mainland United States to the trans-Atlantic, trans-Pacific and Latin markets. May results also reflect the impact of the H1N1 (swine) influenza outbreak. Compounding the softening demand for passenger travel, US airlines saw cargo traffic – as measured by revenue ton miles – decline 22 percent year over year in April 2009, marking the ninth consecutive month of declining cargo traffic. Notably, cargo traffic in the Pacific region fell 26 percent. May 2009 cargo data is not yet available.

“In May, the H1N1 influenza outbreak compounded an already weak demand situation, negatively impacting industry cash flow and forcing a closer look at current levels of flying,” said ATA President and CEO James C. May (pictured below). Annually, commercial aviation helps drive $1.1 trillion in U.S. economic activity and more than 10 million U.S. jobs. On a daily basis, U.S. airlines operate nearly 30,000 flights in 77 countries, using more than 6,000 aircraft to carry an average of two million passengers and 50,000 tons of cargo.

ATA airline members and their affiliates transport more than 90 percent of all U.S. airline passenger and cargo traffic.

FMI: www.airlines.org

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