Industry Monitor- The EUROCONTROL bulletin on air transport trends

Issue 131 of Industry Monitor is now available online

5.7.2011

Most important news items this issue;

European flights increased by 4.7% on May 2011; the underlying trend being closer to 2%.
IATA cut by 50% its 2011 airline industry profit forecast due to impact of high oil prices and recent events in Japan, Middle East and North Africa.
KLM became the first European airline in the world to operate a passenger flight on biofuel.
Oil prices in June up to $119/barrel.