Global passenger traffic, measured in revenue passenger-kilometers (RPK), for the airline industry
fell by 0.8 percent in August compared with the same month a year earlier. This is stated in a press release from the industry organization IATA.
Excluding the Middle East, RPK increased by 0.6 percent.
International travel declined by 0.9 percent, while domestic traffic fell by 0.5 percent.
Total capacity, measured in available seat-kilometers (ASK), increased by 0.3 percent.
The load factor fell by 0.9 percentage points to 85.1 percent.
