2009 Issue 1 - Sabre Airline Solutions

Absolute Change
Traffic (RPK) or Capacity (ASK) – billions
100
80
60
40
20
0
Traffic %
Capacity %
Absolute Change
Traffic (RPK) or capacity (ASK) — billions
20
40
100
80
60
40
20
20
40
0
Traffic %
Capacity %
traffic And capacity changes
January 2009 versus January 2008
Industry North Asia/ Europe Middle Latin Africa
America Pacific East America
Percent Change
-1.8% -6.0% 2.3% -4.4% 5.8% -1.1% 3.3%
-2.4% -8.9% 1.8% -4.5% 13.2% 1.5% 2.6%
traffic And capacity changes
fourth Quarter 2008 versus fourth Quarter 2007
Industry North Asia/ Europe Middle Latin Africa
America Pacific East America
Percent Change
-2.7% -7.5% -0.3% -4.0% 11.5% 0.6% 3.0%
-2.3% -8.7% 2.0% -4.5% 14.0% 2.3% 2.9%
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The trend of decreases accelerated in
some areas such as North America;
however, the percentage decrease in
worldwide production for January was
similar to the fourth quarter. Gains in
the Middle East began to decrease.
The trend in traffic and capacity shifted
from increases to decreases during
the fourth quarter, with North
America posting the largest absolute
decreases. Decreases in North
America contributed significantly to
the global decline; however, Europe
also showed weakness. The Middle
East continued to post large percentage
increases on a comparatively
small base of production.
Chris Spidle is delivery director of research, analysis
and modeling and Paul Pederson is an airline
research principal for Sabre Airline Solutions ® .
They can be contacted at chris.spidle@sabre.com
and paul.pederson@sabre.com.
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