Global air transport returned 94.1% of its 2019 passenger traffic last year. Aircraft attendance reached 98.4% of the levels of the corresponding period four years earlier.
Border closures and other travel restrictions from March 2020 had devastating effects on passenger air travel. Activity was once again driven by domestic lines, which in 2023 reached 103.9% of their 2019 RPK, according to Iata. The trend accelerated with the end of movement restrictions in China, after three years of harsh policies.