Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported full-year 2010 demand statistics for international scheduled air traffic that showed an 8.2% increase in the passenger business and a 20.6% increase in freight. Demand growth outstripped capacity increases of 4.4% for passenger and 8.9% for cargo. Average passenger load factor for the year was 78.4% which is a 2.7 percentage point improvement on 2009. The freight load factor saw a 5.2 percentage point improvement to 53.8%. Compared to the pre-recession levels of early 2008, December air travel volumes were 4% higher. Air freight was 1% higher than pre-recession levels; however volumes have fallen 5% since the peak of the post-recession inventory re-stocking boom in early 2010.
biracs drives value creation throughout. Any data on the accountable traffic documents are quickly and accurately transformed into a stream of financial and strategic information which will sharpen your airline's competitive edge and enable you to optimise your revenue and gain a clear and accurate view of your customers' needs with increased revenue, better productivity, greatly reduced accounting costs and streamlined processes. You can expect timely and accurate information, improving strategic and tactical decision, hence boosting your commercial confidence. Our commitment to service allows our customers to focus on decision making, not on data processing. 
It takes an exceptional group of people to run a company like biracs: people who feel personally accountable for delivering outstanding results; people who embody our values, readily share their knowledge with each other, embrace continual change, and quickly identify and adopt the best way to get the job done. Our people are our most valuable resource. 
We know our business is all about our customers. What they value, their needs and their preferences. And making sure our products and services really deliver. That’s why, at biracs, we put a huge amount of effort into getting to know our customers, through surveys and regular contact, and then making sure we act on what they tell us. Our customers use our solutions every day to help them make well-informed decisions. We see every day as a new chance to earn your trust. It demands hard work, integrity and transparency, but that's what we do, and we do it with the right people, the right attitude and commitment. We still have a reputation for delivering what we say we'll deliver. This isn't always easy but we believe we have the skill, experience and stamina to do so. 