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Global air demand down 0.8%; India domestic traffic falls 7.5% in August.

The International aviation Transport Association (IATA) reports that in August 2026, global aviation passenger demand fell 0.8% year over year due to a significant fall in Middle East traffic. Global demand rose by 0.6% from August 2025, excluding carriers in the Middle East. While the global passenger load factor decreased by 0.9 percentage points to 85.1%, total capacity, expressed in…