A modest half a million more seats week on week once again takes global capacity above 102 million as we enter the peak holiday month of the year. This means a remarkable 25% more seats than this time last year, and at 14% below 2019 levels, we edge ever closer to pre-pandemic levels. Looking forward, it looks like capacity is baked in at more than 100 million for the rest of the month, and feels like every flight operating is crammed with holiday makers and a few businessmen still working, who typically seem to be in either seat B or D!
There’s lots happening elsewhere as Frontier Airlines lost out to JetBlue in the battle for Spirit Airlines. The combined size of those two airlines will place them in the global top ten, with around 1.9 million seats based on this week’s operating capacity. In China, a few more international flights have been added, partly as another spike of Covid lockdowns pass, but also as quarantine requirements are slightly eased; international frequencies…
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