The DGAC continues to note the upturn in the air traffic in France. In its latest Economic Outlook for October, it notes that a traffic rate corresponding to 89.5% of that recorded during the same month in 2019. This is the best monthly traffic recovery rate recorded since the start of the health crisis. Year-to-date for the first 10 months of 2022, the traffic recovery rate is now 79.1% of the 2019 rate.. That's almost 122 million passengers. With good news for French companies Their market share over the first ten months has risen by almost a point. It has risen from from 39.7% to 40,5%.
Best international catch-up rates in Africa and for the EU
It is now the international traffic recovering faster than domestic traffic. International passenger numbers reach 90.2% of that for October 2019, a value 4 to 5 points higher than those recorded over the last three months. On a year-to-date basis, the residual rate was 78.0%.
In detail, l'Africa is the only continent with a higher level of traffic than in 2019. The residual rate in October reached 106.8% and 85,1% over the first 10 months of the year. On the Maghreb, passenger traffic with Algeria was 11.1% higher than in October 2019, up by +0.6%.9.4% for Morocco and +1.5% for Tunisia.
Traffic with the European Union also performed well, well above the average. In October, the recovery rate in relation to 2019 reached 94,0%. With 50.83 million passengers over the first ten months, the residual rate was 84,1% compared with 2019. Spain posted a catch-up rate of 101.6% in October and 91.5% between January and October - the best performance in the EU.
Passenger traffic recovery rate in the Americas is average 79% over the first 10 months. It stood at 87.9% for October alone. France-Canada traffic is the most dynamic with 84.7% of traffic recovery compared with the same period in 2019. And 101.3% in October.
Competition from the train is making itself felt on domestic routes
However, there are a number of reasons for this, the fastest recovery is now being seen in Asia. For the first time since the start of the year, the recovery rate over the first ten months compared with 2019 exceeds 50%. The figure for October alone was 65.1%.
If France-China passenger traffic remains in limbo at just 4.8% over ten months (7.3% in October) compared with 2019, U.A.E. has the best recovery rate. Over 10 months, it stood at 68.4% and over 84% in October.
Domestic traffic this month stood at 86.7%, 3 to 6 points lower than at the height of the summer.. On a year-to-date basis, the traffic recovery rate was 83,6%The best results were again seen on segments including Overseas France (95.5%), while the figures were lower on radial routes (Paris-Province) in mainland France (76.6%).
This trend can be seen in all EU countries with significant domestic traffic. This confirms that the train has indeed taken over from the airlines...
