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IATA: Passenger traffic up 76% in June
Dubai: “The Gulf”
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released passenger data for June 2022, which shows that the air travel industry is maintaining strong recovery rates.
Total passenger traffic increased by 76.2% in June 2022 compared to the same month last year, mainly due to a strong recovery in international travel, which reached 70.8% from pre-Covid-19 levels.
Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Civil Aviation Organization, said: “Air travel continues to record strong growth rates. People are eager to take advantage of the freedom to travel as much as possible after two years of closures and strict border crossing procedures.
Walsh added: “In the global north, we are seeing a return to peak levels during the summer, confirming expectations of the role of easing travel restrictions in achieving a strong increase in demand for air travel. At the same time, keeping up with this demand is a major challenge today and possibly into the future. Reinforcing the adoption of flexibility in application and slow implementation of the 80-20 rule, the European Commission has announced its intention to return to its adoption.
Airport issues
One look at several major airports is enough to realize the extent of the problems faced by airlines and their passengers, as these airports currently have 64% airspace openings that cannot even support their declared capacity. This prompted them to extend maximum capacity procedures for passengers until the end of October, underscoring the importance of resilience as a key component of the sector’s recovery.
Airport procedures restricting passenger numbers prevent airlines from using strong requirements. Heathrow tried to blame the airlines for the mess. However, service performance data for the first six months of the year indicated the airport’s failure to deliver basic services and fail to meet its targets related to passenger safety, reaching 14.3 points. Although no data for June has yet been released, expectations indicate that the level of airport services will drop to the lowest level since records began.
Global passenger markets
Airlines in the Asia Pacific region recorded a 492% increase in passenger traffic in June. Efficiency increased by 138.9% and load factor by 45.8 percentage points to reach 76.7%. The region is now more open to foreign visitors and tourists, helping to speed up the pace of recovery.
In June, European airlines achieved a 234.5% increase in passenger traffic compared to the same month last year, while capacity increased by 134.5% and load factor increased by 25.8 percentage points to 86.3%. International travel fares in Europe are also higher than pre-Covid-19 levels, based on seasonally adjusted figures.
In June, airlines in the Middle East recorded a 246.5% increase in passenger traffic compared to the same period in 2021. Capacity increased by 102.4% compared to the same period last year, and load factor increased by 32.4 percentage points to 78.0%.
In June, North American Airlines saw a 168.9% increase in passenger traffic. Compared to the same period in 2021. Capacity increased by 95.0% and load factor increased by 24.1 percentage points to 87.7%, the highest among regions.
Passenger traffic for Latin American airlines increased by 136.6% in June compared to the same period in 2021. Capacity increased by 107.4% and load factor increased by 10.3 percentage points to 83.3%. After 20 consecutive months of outperforming other regions in load factor, airlines in Latin America slipped to third place in June.
African airlines saw a 103.6 percent increase in passenger revenue per kilometer in June compared to the same period last year. By June 2022, capacity has increased by 61.9% and load factor has increased by 15.2 percentage points to 74.2%, the lowest percentage among all regions. Meanwhile, international air traffic between Africa and neighboring regions is close to its pre-Covid-19 levels.
Although revenue per passenger kilometer (RPK) in the domestic China market fell 45.0% year-on-year in June, it marked a significant improvement compared to its annual performance in May due to the easing of lockdown measures.
Domestic travel in Japan increased by 146.4% in June compared to the same period last year.
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Mohammed bin Rashid: UAE’s sustainability and climate change efforts are constant in our comprehensive development journey
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, chaired the Cabinet meeting held in conjunction with the COP28 conference at Dubai’s Expo City.
In a blog post on the “X” site, His Highness said: At the beginning of the “Cabinet Meeting”, we reviewed the results of the state’s national efforts in the field of environment, including more than 120 decisions on sustainability, climate change, The development of our natural resources published by the Council over the last five years… and we launched more than 60 new decisions in 2023 alone, creating a coherent set of policies, legislation, strategies and initiatives. Efforts to participate with the world in addressing the effects of climate change and its file.
His Highness added: National strategies and policies in the field of environment and climate change have yielded results, as the country ranks second in the world in energy transition, in the Global Green Future Index 2023 “GFI”, and the sixth in the world per capita solar energy consumption rate, and it is worth 50 billion dollars. It has invested over .70 billion in clean energy projects in countries, pledging to invest an additional $50 billion in the sector over the next decade.
His Highness continued: The UAE continues to be active and proactive in the field of sustainability and climate change, and our efforts in this field are parallel to those of economic development, and are an essential and sustainable component of our comprehensive and continuous development. Process, God willing.
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5 Top Priorities to Combat Climate Change in Africa
African civil society has identified five key priorities for combating climate change: adaptation, losses and damages, food and land use systems, and forest conservation and restoration.
This was announced by UNANDA Third World Executive Secretary Chekov Sir during an event held on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Conference “COP28” in Dubai.
The “Anda Third World” organization represents a group of African non-governmental organizations, and these organizations met within the framework of a common platform, which was launched during the “COP”, an alliance of the African Development Bank Group and civil society. Climate and Energy.
African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina said: “The continent must benefit from its natural wealth. African economies should not be measured by their GDP, while Africa’s wealth should be assessed by its natural capital.”
“The continent’s vast mineral resources, forests and renewable energy must play a part in the balance,” he added, pointing out that the Congo Basin is the world’s largest carbon reserve, but is not taken into account in the overall assessment. Domestic production of countries in the region.
The coalition supports calls by African leaders to transfer special drawing rights on climate finance to Africa, including the African Development Bank.
The coalition calls on the international community, governments and development partners to comprehensively implement best practices, innovations and technologies and engage farmers and local communities, especially women and youth, in an approach that integrates science and traditional knowledge without harming biodiversity. or compromising community resilience.
He called on parties to ensure that adaptation and resilience are at the heart of African economies vulnerable to climate change.
The Bank’s Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Beth Dunford, confirmed during a discussion with civil society that the alliance is “very important” for Africa, noting that the Bank allocates 64% of its funding to adapt to climate change. continent, and it has now opened a window for climate action aimed at providing specific resources and technical assistance to least developed countries on the continent.
For his part, Alliance President Augustine Njamanshi praised the relationship between development finance institutions, civil society and the private sector in combating climate change in Africa.
“Doubling adaptation financing will not be enough for the continent because governments have already spent a lot of money,” he said, adding that civil society and the private sector, especially banks, must work together for the continent’s benefit.
In turn, Ecotrades Fund Executive Director Pauline Nantungo Kalunda said, “Civil society and the private sector’s collaborative work has enabled 15,000 smallholder farmers to plant trees to increase carbon storage,” calling for the removal of barriers. Prevent communities from accessing climate finance.
Mithika Mwenda, President of the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance, a strong network of over 1,000 African climate organizations, emphasized the catalytic role of civil society and praised the partnership with the Bank.
“Government, the private sector and civil society are forming a ‘parallel’ in the fight against climate change in this coastal country,” said Roger Barrow, Burkina Faso’s environment minister.
• The African Development Bank allocates 64% of its financing to climate change on the continent.
5 Priorities:
– adaptation.
– Losses.
– Damages.
– Food and land use systems.
– Conservation and restoration of forests.
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The UAE has long-term strategies for environmental sustainability
According to a study conducted by the Regional Center for Strategic Analyzes in Abu Dhabi, sustainability strategies and tackling climate change are at the top of the national action agenda in the UAE. The UAE’s contributions and initiatives during COP 28 gained greater regional and international momentum, support for achieving a better harmonized formula for environmental protection and sustainability, and international pledges to allocate hundreds of billions of dollars to finance climate and sustainable projects.
Interregional said the UAE is making progress in strengthening its environmental leadership by investing tens of billions of dollars and providing legislation, regulatory frameworks, initiatives and policies to address climate change. Participation in dozens of contracts and initiatives around the world.
In this context, Interregional released the “UAE Environmental Achievement Index 2023” to monitor and track the performance of the country’s environmental initiatives in the field of environment and climate, measuring and monitoring 32 sub-indicators since its inception. “UAE Vision 2021” in 2010 to 2022. He also gave predictions till the year 2030.
The Environmental Performance Index is the arithmetic mean of four sub-indicators, namely: climate change, biodiversity, maintenance of a healthy and clean environment and environmental awareness and behaviour, as per the guidelines for developing composite indicators issued by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The center emphasized that the UAE’s approach to climate change has become a priority for government action, in an effort to be “zero climate neutral” and invest in green resources. In this aspect. He explained that there are many motives and reasons behind the UAE’s high priority of addressing the phenomenon of climate change. This comes in the backdrop of the state’s keenness to achieve its strategic plans on climate change. Among the key concepts that have made climate change a government priority are the catastrophic effects worldwide, in particular: droughts and floods, inundation of cities, waves of displacement, damage to agriculture and infrastructure, and degradation. Global food security crises.
The UAE has adopted a comprehensive approach to addressing the climate change crisis, seeking to achieve environmental sustainability through an integrated legislative and regulatory framework, in coordination and cooperation with the international community in this regard. Approach: Localize clean energy, adopt peaceful nuclear energy and support climate legislation and knowledge frameworks, and coordinate with the international and regional community to support international efforts to address climate change. To achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the UAE has won the trust of the international community to host COP28 from here.
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