Charting the trends – latest weekly air capacity and flight frequency insights (week 9, 2022)

3 March, 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 28-Feb-2022

Departure frequencies up +0.96% versus last week; up +38.38% versus 2021; down -17.75% versus 2020 and down -23.21% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +1.98% versus last week; up +60.61% versus 2021; down -21.38% versus 2020 and down -28.35% versus 2019.

Global air travel system data by region for week commencing 28-Feb-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Domestic air travel for week commencing 28-Feb-2022

Departure frequencies down -0.16% versus last week; up +22.56% versus 2021; down -9.53% versus 2020 and down -14.01% versus 2019.

Seat capacity down -0.28% versus last week; up +23.70% versus 2021; down -3.20% versus 2020 and down -9.03% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by domestic departing frequencies for the week commencing 21-Feb-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest country and territories by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 28-Feb-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

International air travel for week commencing 28-Feb-2022

Departure frequencies up +4.59% versus last week; up +130.51% versus 2021; down -35.81% versus 2020 and down -42.32% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +4.83% versus last week; up +150.46% versus 2021; down -35.86% versus 2020 and down -42.93% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by international departing frequencies for the week commencing 28-Feb-2022 

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest country and territories by international seat capacity for the week commencing  28-Feb-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

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