An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet flies past the U.S. Capitol dome as it comes in for a landing at Washington Reagan National airport in Arlington, Va.,
An Alaska Airlines plane flies past the Capitol in Washington, DC.
  • North America was the only market where demand for air travel didn't increase by double digits.
  • That's according to data from IATA comparing February to the same month in 2023.
  • IATA chief Willie Walsh also warned politicians not to make flying more expensive with new taxes.

North America has lagged behind the rest of the world as demand for airline travel increased.