Charting the trends – latest weekly air capacity and flight frequency insights (week 12, 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 20-Mar-2023

Departure frequencies up +0.24% versus last week; up +18.30% versus 2022; up +54.87% versus 2021; up +27.79% versus 2020 and down -9.96% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +0.34% versus last week; up +28.70% versus 2022; up +96.17% versus 2021; up +57.88% versus 2020 and down -8.22% versus 2019.

Global air travel system data by region for week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airlines by system seat capacity for the week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airports by system seat capacity for the week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Domestic air travel for week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Departure frequencies up +0.22% versus last week; up +10.83% versus 2022; up +27.07% versus 2021; up +10.19% versus 2020 and down -6.56% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +0.32% versus last week; up +13.95% versus 2022; up +30.33% versus 2021; up 20.43% versus 2020 and up +0.86% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by domestic departing frequencies for the week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest country and territories by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airlines by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airports by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

International air travel for week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Departure frequencies up +0.30% versus last week; up +40.38% versus 2022; up +216.25% versus 2021; up +103.64% versus 2020 and down -16.99% versus 2019.

Seat capacity up +0.36% versus last week; up +45.43% versus 2022; up +256.08% versus 2021; up +118.18% versus 2020 and down -15.02% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by international departing frequencies for the week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest country and territories by international seat capacity for the week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airlines by international seat capacity for the week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG

Largest airports by international seat capacity for the week commencing 20-Mar-2023

Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation and OAG