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Air travel upturn continued in June but surprisingly weakGlobal RPKs -86.5% yoy in June vs -94.1% at April low point
Source: IATA Economics using data from IATA Statistics and Markit Purchasing Managers Index
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June upturn narrowly based on domestic marketsChina domestic travel growing but little growth on international markets
Source: IATA Economics using data from IATA Statistics
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China domestic -35.5%
US domestic-80.1%
All regions international-96 to -98%
Border restrictions have not yet been widely relaxedThe few travel corridors (e.g. EU) only source of international air travel
Source: IATA Timatic (www.iatatravelcentre.com)
Current Border Restrictions, as of 24 July
Load factors remain at all-time lows in most regionsJune domestic load factors 62.9% but international only 38.9%
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Source: IATA Economics using data from IATA Statistics
Traffic not growing as fast as airlines adding capacityCash burn continuing as load factors still below breakeven
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Capacity growth
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Source: IATA Economics using data from IATA Statistics
Unexpectedly weak demand a growing restart problemAirline flights and schedules show faster rebound expected
Source: IATA Economics using data from IATA Statistics, DDS, FR24 and SRS Analyser
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Businesses are confident GDP growth will rise sharplyBut business travel on hold so this will not be an immediate boost
Source: IATA Economics using data from Markit
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Consumer confidence remains much weakerLeisure travel unlikely to recovery without confidence restored
Source: IATA Economics using data from IATA Statistics
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The outlook for global GDP could take different pathsWe’ve explored optimistic and a pessimistic scenarios for the economy
Source: IATA Economics using data from Oxford Economics Q2 Global Scenarios Service
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RPK forecasts downgraded; 2019 regained only by 202475% growth now forecast for 2021 but RPKs still 36% below 2019 levels
Source: IATA/Tourism Economics ‘Air Passenger Forecasts’ July 2020
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