The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for June 2019 showing that demand measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose by 5% compared to June 2018. This was up slightly from the 4.7% year-over-year growth recorded in May. June capacity measured in available seat kilometers (ASKs) increased by 3.3%, and load factor rose 1.4 percentage points to 84.4%, which was a record for the month of June. “June continued the trend of solid passenger demand growth while the record load factor shows that airlines are maximising efficiency. Amid continuing trade tensions between the US and China,

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