The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says “African airlines saw a 18.5% traffic increase in January 2024 versus a year ago. January capacity was up 19.2% causing load factor to decline 0.4 percentage points to 73.3%, the lowest among the regions.” According to IATA passenger report for January 2024, globally “the total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), was up …

