Mark Nensel is the Managing Editor of Aviation Daily. Prior to taking the helm of daily production of Aviation Week's commercial aviation newsletter in 2018, Mark was a reporter and data analyst for Air Transport World.
Air passenger traffic demand worldwide grew 5.9% year-over-year in August, up 0.6 point from July but down 0.9 point from August 2013’s growth rate, according to IATA’s August Air Passenger Market Analysis report.
Global air freight markets grew 5.1% year-over-year in August, boosted by increased demand in Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and North America, according to IATA’s August air freight market analysis.
July’s full-time-equivalent (FTE) employee count at US scheduled passenger airlines came to 386,243, up 1.3% from July 2013—the biggest year-over-year percentage jump since June 2012—according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
