Charting the trends – latest weekly air capacity and flight frequency insights (week 14, 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 03-Apr-2023

Departure frequencies up +0.46% versus last week; up +16.94% versus 2022; up +51.34% versus 2021; up +127.44% versus 2020 and down -10.70% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +1.30% versus last week; up +26.17% versus 2022; up +92.27% versus 2021; up +225.93% versus 2020 and down -7.84% versus 2019.

Global air travel system data by region for week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airlines by system seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airports by system seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Domestic air travel for week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Departure frequencies down -0.43% versus last week; up +11.39% versus 2022; up +21.50% versus 2021; up +79.22% versus 2020 and down -8.37% versus 2019.

Seat capacity down -0.25% versus last week; up +16.31% versus 2022; up +24.05% versus 2021; up +100.55% versus 2020 and down -0.69% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by domestic departing frequencies for the week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest country and territories by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airlines by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airports by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

International air travel for week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Departure frequencies up +2.42% versus last week; up +30.88% versus 2022; up +218.51% versus 2021; up +435.02% versus 2020 and down -15.30% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +2.60% versus last week; up +35.52% versus 2022; up +248.18% versus 2021; up +563.93% versus 2020 and down -12.94% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by international departing frequencies for the week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest country and territories by international seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airlines by international seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airports by international seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Apr-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG