International Passenger Traffic Rises at Asian Carriers
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner at the Singapore Airshow. Photo by David McIntosh.
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner at the Singapore Airshow. Photo by David McIntosh.

Asia Pacific-based airlines carried 190 million international passengers last year, a 3.5-percent increase from 2010, according to preliminary data released in late January by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). International passenger traffic (measured in revenue passenger kilometers) climbed 3.7 percent, while capacity growth for the year edged up by 6.3 percent. Since capacity outstripped traffic demand, the average international passenger load factor fell two percentage points to 76.4 percent.