Things change slowly in the aviation industry and it’s very rare to see a “step change’ in the sector. However, as we finally leave the pandemic behind, quietly and without most of us realising there has been such an occurrence – and it’s probably here to stay.
The change is based on a very simple piece of maths: we are back to 2019 levels of airline capacity, but the number of scheduled flights remains 5% below previous levels, which means the average capacity per flight is increasing at a faster rate than we have ever seen before.
Various factors are contributing to this significant change, including aircraft availability, resources, reductions in regional jet flying, the rise in low-cost airline market share, and the whole issue of aircraft spare parts. However, as the table below highlights, in every single region of the world the average capacity per scheduled flight (number of available seats on the aircraft) has increased by nearly 8% and now stands at 160 seats…
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