Charting the trends – latest weekly air capacity and flight frequency insights (week 11, 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 13-Mar-2023

Departure frequencies up +0.58% versus last week; up +16.32% versus 2022; up +56.27% versus 2021; up +1.50% versus 2020 and down -10.52% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +0.76% versus last week; up +27.14% versus 2022; up +100.56% versus 2021; up +10.98% versus 2020 and down -8.66% versus 2019.

Global air travel system data by region for week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airlines by system seat capacity for the week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airports by system seat capacity for the week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Domestic air travel for week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Departure frequencies up +0.46% versus last week; up +7.96% versus 2022; up +27.45% versus 2021; down -1.41% versus 2020 and down -7.23% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +0.60% versus last week; up +10.31% versus 2022; up +30.86% versus 2021; up 7.52% versus 2020 and up +0.04% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by domestic departing frequencies for the week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest country and territories by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airlines by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airports by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

International air travel for week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Departure frequencies up +0.84% versus last week; up +41.96% versus 2022; up +230.92% versus 2021; up +8.98% versus 2020 and down -17.35% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +0.90% versus last week; up +47.11% versus 2022; up +281.06% versus 2021; up +14.26% versus 2020 and down -15.23% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by international departing frequencies for the week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest country and territories by international seat capacity for the week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airlines by international seat capacity for the week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airports by international seat capacity for the week commencing 13-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG