Charting the trends – latest weekly air capacity and flight frequency insights (week 28, 2022)

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 11-Jul-2022

Departure frequencies up +0.45% versus last week; up +24.22% versus 2021; up +76.55% versus 2020 and down -15.74% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +0.51% versus last week; up +38.31% versus 2021; up +112.46% versus 2020 and down -17.91% versus 2019.

Global air travel system data by region for week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airlines by system seat capacity for the week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airports by system seat capacity for the week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Domestic air travel for week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Departure frequencies up +0.76% versus last week; up +12.14% versus 2021; up +52.25% versus 2020 and down -9.89% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +1.16% versus last week; up +13.80% versus 2021; up +56.98% versus 2020 and down -4.37% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by domestic departing frequencies for the week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest country and territories by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airlines by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airports by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

International air travel for week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Departure frequencies down -0.26% versus last week; up +65.42% versus 2021; up +179.74% versus 2020 and down -26.73% versus 2019.

Seat capacity down -0.07% versus last week; up +71.05% versus 2021; up +209.76% versus 2020 and down -27.08% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by international departing frequencies for the week commencing 11-Jul-2022 

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest country and territories by international seat capacity for the week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airlines by international seat capacity for the week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airports by international seat capacity for the week commencing 11-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG