August 2026 Aviation Transport Statistics
Overview
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s “Aviation Transport Statistics Flash Report (August 2026)” reports passenger and freight volumes, year-on-year changes, and utilization rates for domestic scheduled and international aviation. Passenger volumes were lower than in the same month of the previous year for both domestic and international aviation. Freight indicators declined across the board domestically; internationally, tonnage fell while ton-kilometers increased.
Key points
- Passenger transport declined year on year for both domestic scheduled and international aviation.
- Freight transport declined domestically, while internationally tonnage fell and ton-kilometers rose.
- Seat and weight load factors are also reported for domestic and international aviation.
Overview
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s “Aviation Transport Statistics Flash Report (August 2026)” presents passenger and freight transport results for domestic scheduled and international aviation for August 2026.
Details
Domestic scheduled aviation recorded 10.536 million passengers and 9,995,637 thousand passenger-kilometers; freight was 51,165 tonnes (60,439 tonnes including excess baggage and mail) and 55,756 thousand tonne-kilometers (65,830 thousand tonne-kilometers on the same basis). Passenger volume fell 3.3% on a passenger basis and 4.1% on a passenger-kilometer basis, and the seat load factor was 86.0%. Freight fell 2.0% by tonnage (1.9% on the same inclusive basis) and 1.1% by tonne-kilometers (1.2% on the same inclusive basis), while the weight load factor was 59.2%. Results include commuter air transport.
International aviation recorded 1.947 million passengers and 9,472,716 thousand passenger-kilometers; freight was 135,463 tonnes (139,890 tonnes including excess baggage and mail) and 766,432 thousand tonne-kilometers (782,124 thousand tonne-kilometers on the same basis). Passenger volume fell 3.5% on a passenger basis and 3.7% on a passenger-kilometer basis, and the seat load factor was 82.6%. Freight fell 1.3% by tonnage (1.4% on the same inclusive basis) and rose 0.4% by tonne-kilometers (0.1% on the same inclusive basis), while the weight load factor was 70.4%.
Values in parentheses for freight include excess baggage and mail. When reproducing the report’s preliminary statistics, it asks users to state that they are based on the “Aviation Transport Statistics Flash Report.”