2009 Issue 1 - Sabre Airline Solutions

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Absolute Change
Traffic (RPK) or capacity (ASK) — billions
2008 World traffic
Source: Sabre Airline Solutions ® Global Demand Dataset
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Traffic %
Capacity %
By Chris Spidle and Paul Pederson | Ascend Contributors
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North America continues to
generate the largest share
of worldwide production,
accounting for 32 percent of
global available seat kilometers
last year. Asia/Pacific and
Europe were comparable in
size, and the three regions
together account for 85
percent of global capacity.
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traffic And capacity changes
full year 2008 versus full Year 2007
2008 capacity Distribution By region (AsKs)
Latin America
Middle East
6%
Europe
24%
Industry North Asia/ Europe Middle Latin Africa
America Pacific East America
Percent Change
2.2% -1.5% 2.8% 2.0% 11.2% 6.1% 5.3%
2.2% -3.3% 5.1% 1.6% 14.1% 4.2% 4.7%
6% 3%
Africa
North America
32%
Asia/Pacific
29%
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For the full year 2008, total worldwide
industry capacity and traffic
increased. All regions except North
America increased (the decrease in
North America was driven by the U.S.
domestic market). The Middle East
posted large percentage increases;
however, this growth occurred on a
comparatively small base of production.