Charting the trends – latest weekly air capacity and flight frequency insights (week 29, 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 18-Jul-2022

Departure frequencies up +0.00% versus last week; up +20.54% versus 2021; up +71.34% versus 2020 and down -15.86% versus 2019.

Seat capacity down -0.02% versus last week; up +32.94% versus 2021; up +105.69% versus 2020 and down -18.14% versus 2019.

Global air travel system data by region for week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airlines by system seat capacity for the week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airports by system seat capacity for the week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Domestic air travel for week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Departure frequencies down -0.02% versus last week; up +9.50% versus 2021; up +47.47% versus 2020 and down -9.94% versus 2019.

Seat capacity down -0.14% versus last week; up +10.30% versus 2021; up +50.75% versus 2020 and down -4.46% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by domestic departing frequencies for the week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest country and territories by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airlines by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airports by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

International air travel for week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Departure frequencies up +0.05% versus last week; up +57.13% versus 2021; up +173.68% versus 2020 and down -26.96% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +0.08% versus last week; up +62.55% versus 2021; up +203.93% versus 2020 and down -27.37% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by international departing frequencies for the week commencing 18-Jul-2022 

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest country and territories by international seat capacity for the week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airlines by international seat capacity for the week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airports by international seat capacity for the week commencing 18-Jul-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG