The winter season is nearly upon us and we are doing our best to shake off the shivers. In the last week of IATA’s summer season, we explore what’s happening with airline capacity around the world.
Global Airline Capacity Continues to Fluctuate
It wasn’t so long ago that weekly capacity had reached above 100m seats but it seems that goal is now firmly out of reach as we move towards the IATA winter season for scheduled carriers.
Airline capacity this week is sitting at 93.6m, a reduction of 0.5% from last week. When we compare this week to the peak of 102.5m seats in mid-August, seats have fallen by 9%. Seasonal fluctuation is the norm at this time of year and back in 2019 the same week saw 10% fewer seats than the August peak, so arguably, the position is a little better here now than 2019! Starting off with a positive – let’s see what other good news there is…
What really stands out this week is just how close North America is to 2019 levels, just 2% behind…
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