IATA boosts Asia Pacific traffic forecast for 2010

IATA has revised upwards its forecast for Asia Pacific airline passenger and cargo traffic in 2010 by 4.2 ppts from its Mar-2010 projection to a very strong 16.2%. The regional capacity projection is up 1 ppt from the previous outlook to 8.3% - around half the expected growth in demand - which is producing load factor and yield gains.