Global premium passenger numbers rose year-on-year by 1.7 per cent in December, figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) showed.
Published yesterday (February 17th), the statistics highlighted the increase in premium travel arrangements being made by businesses at the end of last year, although the figures were helped by a favourable prior year comparison when passenger numbers dropped by 17 per cent.
"It also looks as though the factors driving business travel are increasingly important for driving the number of passengers sitting on economy seats as well as premium," a spokesperson for the IATA commented.
Elsewhere, Ian Bradley, a spokesperson for the Association of Independent Travel Operators, recently said many Brits who decided to forgo a holiday in 2009 and instead opted to stay in the UK will more than likely take the opportunity of the economic recovery to head abroad this year.
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