Industry Outlook – December 2012

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Industry Outlook – December 2012

Brian Pearce

Chief Economist www.iata.org/economics

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Total air travel and air freight volumesSeasonally adjusted

FTKs

RPKs

Source: IATA

Robust air travel but shrinking freight

China, 35%

India, 12%

Latin America, 9%

US, 9%

MENA, 6%

Euro-zone, 4%

CE Europe, 3%SS Africa, 3%

Share of world GDP growth 2008-2011

Source of economic growth has shifted

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World trade in goods and air FTKs

International FTKs(left scale)

World goods trade volumes(right scale)

Freight has shifted transport modes

Source: IATA, Netherlands CPB

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Worldwide growth in air travel and business confidence

Growth in RPKs

Business

confidence

Business travel is still expanding

Source: IATA

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Domestic air travel

China

India

US

Japan

Domestic markets show wide variation

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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International RPKs by airline region

Middle East

Latin America

Africa

Europe

AsiaPacific

NorthAmerica

Int’l. traffic also varies by region

World economy close to ‘stall’ speed

Source: IATA

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Net

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World economic growth and airline profit margins

Net post-tax

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World GDP

growth

2012-

2013

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Largest 8 airlines, EBITDA as % revenues seasonally adjusted

Asia-Pacific

US

Europe

Large airlines are performing relatively well

Source: Bloomberg

38%

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Freight Load Factor

Freighter aircraft utilization

Freight load factor and freighter aircraft utilization

The cargo business remains weak

Source: IATA, Boeing

Utilization high in passenger business

Source: IATA, Boeing

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Passenger load factor and aircraft utilization

seasonally adjusted

Passenger

load factor

Twin-aisle aircraft

utilization

Few new airlines are being set up

Source: Ascend

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Number of new airlines formed

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Capacity on US domestic passenger market

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Delta/NWUnited/ Continental

SW/Air Tran

US domestic ASKs

Domestic consolidation

Source: IATA

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World trade growth and Brent oil prices

Oil price, $/barrel

World trade growth, %

Difficult conditions ease a little in 2013

Source: IATA

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Outlook for travel and cargo volumes

Air freight (left scale)

Scheduled passengers

2013 growth in both travel and cargo

Source: IATA

Moderately better profits in 2013

Source: IATA

Big downside if things go wrong

Source: IATA

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Impact on RPKs

Size of shock relative to baseline 2013 forecast

Euro-zone breakup (full)

Iran crisis

China hard landing

US hits fiscal cliff

Baseline

Euro-zone resolved

US consumer resurgence

Euro-zone breakup (partial)