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Asia-Pacific Region of North America shifts as the largest air transport market in the world with 647 million passengers during 2009.

This further reinforces that Asia as an engine of global economic growth in the future. International Air Transport Association (International Air Transport Association / IATA) said passenger numbers on flights in the Asia Pacific region continued to grow during this krisis.Hal contrast with the North American region experienced a record number of passengers only for 638 million people.

China became the country with the fastest growth in air passengers in Asia, since Japan’s defeat last decade the aviation industry leading end of 2009 China regional.Pada grow in the domestic market with a total fleet of aircraft reaching 1400 units and the number of passengers 5.7 million people per week . Meanwhile, Japan only has a fleet of 540 units and transporting 2.6 million passengers per week.

IATA Director General Giovanni Bisignani in a press conference in Singapore yesterday said, in the Asia Pacific market will continue its rapid growth. He estimates, in 2013 the number of passengers in the Yellow Continent region reached 217 million people. “While we see anything different in the dynamic and the Pacific region ini.Asia so exciting for us and more potential,” he said.

He added that there is more than a quarter of the total 2.2 billion people flew last year, or 647 million to fly to meet the Asia Pacific market. “It’s clear that defeating North America have traditionally been the market leader,” said Bisignani. Besides China, the passenger growth also occurred in the Middle East region with a 11.2 percent increase over 2009.

IATA represents 230 airlines in the world that 90 percent of its flights have berjadwal.Namun, that number does not include low-cost airline that later grew mushroomed. IATA stated previously throughout the global aviation industry in 2009 was still affected by the economic crisis so that the annual demand decreased approximately 3.5 percent to 75.6 percent load factor compared to the previous year.

Meanwhile, the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus last week announced it has raised prices for the aircraft made for the anticipated 5.8 percent increase in material prices and the weakening U.S. dollar exchange rate. This increase in price the first time since two years ago. “We’ve tried to keep prices remain under mungkin.Kenaikan best the first time since 2008 and applies to all types of aircraft began in January this year,” said Director of Operations Airbus John Leahy.

Meanwhile, the impact of financial crisis pushed the Australian airline Qantas to change the business strategy by eliminating two-thirds of the seating capacity of the other classes. This was done to boost capacity addition of 20 percent of seats in economy class, especially for long haul flights.

Australian Financial Review said, the policy change was a business strategy aimed at increasing domestic revenue after the flight post-crisis decline. The class capacity is maintained only for the route London and Los Angeles.