Compiled from the data submissions of IATA Member airlines and non member, WATS 53rd edition reviews their performance in 2008, including performance indicators for passenger and cargo traffic; capacity; load factors for international, domestic, and system wide operations; and scheduled and charter services.
It also provides IATA members' settlement activities, regional and service demand, forecast, safety, fleet utilization, environmental impact and more.
WATS leverages valuable insider information
- Air transport supply and demand: traffic and capacity trends; performance of major route areas; forecasts for passenger and cargo traffic; key metric trends, rankings and benchmarks
- Financial performance of the airlines: IATA member financial results, average fare information, fuel data, employee growth, and safety statistics
- Airline rankings: top 50 IATA member airlines and alliance statistics; rankings in terms of international, domestic and total scheduled passengers, freight tonnes, passenger kilometers, and number of aircraft
- CEO commentaries: their point of view on key industry challenges and their creative approaches
- Over 40 topics with industry results and trends
- Top airline performance, including fastest growing airlines
- Air fare trends by region, and for route area performance
WATS also contains the ranking of the top 50 airports worldwide, as well as total tourist-arrivals by region.
Key benefits
- WATS is timely – published in May each year, it is the most comprehensive information, available at the earliest opportunity
- WATS is detailed and comprehensive – contains information for over 250 individual airlines
- WATS is accurate – the team works closely with its member airlines to ensure the quality of the data
Designed for
- Airlines
- Airports
- Financial institutions
- Consultancy companies
- Educational institutions
- Aviation manufacturers
- Technical staff
- All levels of management