Global passenger traffic falls 0.8% in August 2026 as capacity rises
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Worldwide passenger numbers dropped 0.8% year‑on‑year in August 2026, with international revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) down 0.9% and domestic RPKs down 0.5%, while overall airline capacity grew 0.3% during the same month.
The global passenger load factor fell 0.9 percentage points to 85.1% in August 2026, and scheduled capacity was 1.4% higher than a year earlier by early October 2026.