国际航协2003年4月份的初步运量数据显示,全球航空客运量与2002年4月相比下降了18.5%,遭受SARS打击的亚太地区的航空公司客运量则下跌44.8%。随着各航空公司对危机作出反应,总体运力(以可用座公里计算)在今年首次下降,较去年同期下降了6.23%,客座率为63.5%。今年前4个月合计收 IATA’s preliminary traffic data for April 2003 showed that global air passenger traffic decreased by 18.5% compared with April 2002 and air passenger traffic in the Asia Pacific region hit by SARS by 44.8%. As airlines responded to the crisis, total capacity (calculated based on available blocks) dropped for the first time this year, down 6.23% over the same period of last year with a passenger load factor of 63.5%. In the first 4 months of this year, total income