Charting the trends – latest weekly air capacity and flight frequency insights (week 10, 2023)

9 March, 2023

They say 'a picture paints a thousand words'. In this regular section CTC - Corporate Travel Community incorporates and expands on the popular charts produced in the 2020 air capacity series 'Coronavirus Statistics Snapshot'.

These are sourced from CAPA - Centre for Aviation analysis of OAG schedule data and incorporates seat detail from CAPA's own database.

It offers a weekly look at how the pandemic is impacting global flight levels and seat capacity in the world's largest markets.

Headline global air travel system data for week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Departure frequencies up +0.37% versus last week; up +15.77% versus 2022; up +57.31% versus 2021; down -2.82% versus 2020 and down -11.47% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +0.63% versus last week; up +26.37% versus 2022; up +101.30% versus 2021; up +2.78% versus 2020 and down -9.73% versus 2019.

Global air travel system data by region for week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Largest airlines by system seat capacity for the week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Largest airports by system seat capacity for the week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Domestic air travel for week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Departure frequencies up +0.07% versus last week; up +7.33% versus 2022; up +28.36% versus 2021; down -2.35% versus 2020 and down -8.19% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +0.02% versus last week; up +9.50% versus 2022; up +32.12% versus 2021; up 6.30% versus 2020 and down -1.27% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by domestic departing frequencies for the week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Largest country and territories by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Largest airlines by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Largest airports by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 06-Mar-2023

International air travel for week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Departure frequencies up +1.09% versus last week; up +41.91% versus 2022; up +233.56% versus 2021; down -3.90% versus 2020 and down -18.30% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +1.18% versus last week; up +46.51% versus 2022; up +277.67% versus 2021; down -0.17% versus 2020 and down -16.14% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by international departing frequencies for the week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Largest country and territories by international seat capacity for the week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Largest airlines by international seat capacity for the week commencing 06-Mar-2023

Largest airports by international seat capacity for the week commencing 06-Mar-2023