For the second consecutive week, global airline capacity has eased back with a reduction of 0.3%. However, it remains above the 100 million mark (at 101,783,924 seats) for the fourth consecutive week and will likely stay ahead of this important point for the next few weeks.
The slight reduction of 0.3% capacity this week is a result of another series of lockdowns in China – rather than additional capacity being removed in Western Europe where airlines appear to be improving the rate of flight cancellations.
Our regular look forward at capacity for the next few months reflects the current holiday season with minimal change in capacity through to the end of October. Adjustments will undoubtedly start coming through in the next few weeks.
In total, airline capacity this week is some 387,000 less than the previous week, and with North East Asia alone seeing a reduction of 478,000, a few regions have seen some modest growth. Aside from the regular ups and downs in capacity that we see…
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