Charting the trends – latest weekly air capacity and flight frequency insights (week 41, 2022)

13 October, 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 10-Oct-2022

Departure frequencies up +1.94% versus last week; up +17.47% versus 2021; up +56.97% versus 2020 and down -15.55% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +1.78% versus last week; up +29.00% versus 2021; up +90.34% versus 2020 and down -16.61% versus 2019.

Global air travel system data by region for week commencing 10-Oct-2022

Largest airlines by system seat capacity for the week commencing 10-Oct-2022

Largest airports by system seat capacity for the week commencing 10-Oct-2022

Domestic air travel for week commencing 10-Oct-2022

Departure frequencies up +2.79% versus last week; up +8.49% versus 2021; up +33.61% versus 2020 and down -11.08% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up -3.81% versus last week; up +10.89% versus 2021; up +37.15% versus 2020 and down -5.84% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by domestic departing frequencies for the week commencing 10-Oct-2022

Largest country and territories by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 10-Oct-2022

Largest airlines by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 10-Oct-2022

Largest airports by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 10-Oct-2022

International air travel for week commencing 10-Oct-2022

Departure frequencies up +0.00% versus last week; up +45.56% versus 2021; up +164.92% versus 2020 and down -24.39% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +0.04% versus last week; up +51.04% versus 2021; up +191.24% versus 2020 and down -24.34% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by international departing frequencies for the week commencing 10-Oct-2022

Largest country and territories by international seat capacity for the week commencing 10-Oct-2022

Largest airlines by international seat capacity for the week commencing 10-Oct-2022

Largest airports by international seat capacity for the week commencing 10-Oct-2022