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Almost There - South Korea Hits 96% of 2019
With South Korea’s March airport passenger actuals already uploaded for clients in the daily updated Airports 1500 module, today’s Air4cas.....
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities...
...and two major international airports which back in 2019 found themselves at opposite ends of the world’s top 20.
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Latest Forecasts Uploaded
The August forecast revisions which have, today, been uploaded to clients web sites show no changes of substance to the China international forecasts......
Almost 200 March Airports Beat 2019
With March 2023 passenger actuals from over 600 airports already declared, today’s traffic bulletin looks at how they performed against 2019, wi.....
February Actuals - China Starts to Lift
409 international airports have now declared their February, obviously a shorter month, actuals, which poses questions on three levels:
W.....
Spectacular January Airport Results
With January 2023 passenger actuals from 480 airports already declared, today’s traffic bulletin analyses performance compared to January 2019.
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July Forecast Review
This forecast, for both 2022 and 2023, is below the projection generated a month ago. Of itself this is of importance but perhaps of more importance i.....
US Internationals: May Actuals
Because US airports are now among the fastest in the world to declare their international actuals:
✓ in fact data for 174 May airport.....
June Forecast Update
Subscriber interest this month is likely to be focused on airports in the Western Hemisphere since there is an inevitable acceptance among subscribers.....
US Internationals; April Actuals
172 US airports have now reported their international passenger numbers for the month of April.
Taken together:
✓ April departures and.....
May Forecast Update: Data and Expectations
With the March actuals from 1150 airports now available, a clear view of April will be available by the middle of this month although complete results.....
India: An International Recovery with a Difference
It is the case that destinations in the Middle East have always dominated international flights from India.
This month, and with a recovery record .....
Russia Forecast Update
The international and domestic forecasts for all Russian departures and arrivals have again been revised downward.
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Forecast Update March 2022
The latest monthly forecasts for almost 1600 global airports and 200 travelling nationalities have today been uploaded to client sites.
Notwithstan.....
Ukraine - The March Downsides
In all of the misery and chaos that is Ukraine it is perhaps timely to enquire as to the possible effects on air travel in the short-term and specific.....
Omicron hits January Internationals
There are today over 600 airports on the Air4casts system with passenger actuals for January 2022.
Of those 446 have declared their inter.....
Hainan Year of the Tiger
Hainan’s biggest airport has just achieved its highest weekly PAX number in six months.
Haikou Meilan airport’s passenger cou.....
Singapore in December; Traffic Doubles
The latest Singapore actuals for the month of December are recently to hand.
They show:
✓ an increase of 107% on November and
✓ a m.....
Recovery USA: International Focus
December data, available through Air4casts, for 175 international airports in the USA shows passenger levels at 63% of the 2019 level.
Th.....
Forecast Update; International Focus January 2022
A goodly proportion of subscribers have, of late and quite understandably, been pre-occupied by the possible downside effects of the Omicron variant.
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US December Surge in Internationals
December reporting from 168 international airports in the USA reveals:
✓ a 22% point traffic increase over the previous month while
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Delhi Breaks the Asia/Pacific Mould
Since the month of July Delhi’s international passengers have been on a steady and welcome upward path.
Since the middle .....
China Snapshot: November Domestic Plummets
Although the sample of declaring domestic airports is presently and necessarily small, 25% of the expected traffic for the month, the numbers ar.....
Dubai Airport Races to Second Place Globally
Over 1000 airports with October PAX actuals are now on the Air4casts system. Today’s bulletin focuses on the top global international airports.
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October US Internationals Outpace Seasonal Norm
October PAX actuals from all US international airports are today on the Air4casts system.
In advance of what is shaping up to be a bumper.....
Chinese Domestic Travellers: The September Data
It is welcome news that the sector has recovered strongly in September after a disastrous August.
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Monitoring the International Recovery: September Airport Actuals
Under normal circumstances it would have been expected that the September returns from the international airports would have shown a predictable seaso.....
Forecast Update October 2021
The Major Change: Europe
The European recovery is now well under way and the changes in this forecast set, compared with that developed just a mont.....
Europe’s Holiday Airports Shine in August
With over 600 airports already reporting their August PAX data, today’s Air4casts’ bulletin looks at the progress being made at European h.....
Latest September Forecast Update
The latest September forecasts have today been uploaded to client sites.
Ryanair, for the month of October, is forecasting to sel.....
Global June/July Growth Hits 44%
Today’s Air4casts bulletin examines the July on June international air passenger growth in the context of the seasonal uplift over each of the p.....
Rapidly Accelerating Improvement in International Travel
With 250 airports already on the Air4casts system with their full July PAX numbers, today’s Air4casts bulletin looks at the rapidly accelera.....
980 International Airports with May Data
Air4casts’ subscribers may now access the May international actuals for some 980 airports and:
✓ broadly the news is good
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Brightening Skies for May Internationals
International airports declaring for June, and today there are 161 of them, are indicating departures and arrivals up 23% on last month:
While .....
Top Departure Terminals in June
Air4casts examines the top terminals in June for both international and domestic passenger departures.
Throughout the pandemic there have b.....
Domestic Passenger Forecast; June Update
Air4casts examines the top terminals in June for both international and domestic passenger departures.
Throughout the pandemic there have b.....
April Actuals Encouragingly Ahead of March
Almost 550 airports from around the world have reported their latest actuals for the month of April.
In the key Trave.....
China Domestic Travel in April
The latest domestic passenger data for Chinese airports in April provides an excellent indicator of market developments and trends with one import.....
US Internationals Strongly Ahead in April
The 162 US airports reporting their April international traffic numbers are showing an increase in numbers of almost 18% points compared wit.....
May Forecast Update
The latest May forecasts for 1500 airports have today been uploaded to client sites. Today's Air4casts bulletin examines the outlook by region.....
March Latest Actuals
Air4casts has, to date, recorded March passenger actuals from 550 airports around the world which, for the moment is dominated by China whose mass.....
Domestic Air Travel Update March 2021
A central feature of the 400 airports that have, to date, reported their March domestic passenger actuals is the resurgence in the Chinese market .....
March Internationals on the Up
Today’s Air4casts bulletin looks at March international departures from the world’s largest airports.
Airport actuals are uploa.....
Latest Forecast Review
The latest forecasts for over 1500 airports have today been uploaded to client websites. This briefing examines the latest outlook by region.
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March Forecast Update
The revised passenger forecasts, uploaded to subscribers’ websites today, represent no more than a modest change on the outlook develo.....
Chinese Air PAX up 745% in 15 Days
What a difference two weeks makes. On 12th February China’s airports handled just 162 thousand passengers, a decrease of 90% points on the l.....
Year of the Ox - the Year China Stayed Home
The power of China’s authorities to control mass movement over the Spring Festival period is vividly illustrated by the Ministry of Transpor.....
Forecast Update February
That there continues to be substantial pent-up demand for international travel has, from the evidence, never been in doubt.
Europ.....
The Risks of Using Inflated Travel Data
Today’s Air4casts Recovery Briefing video looks at the importance of the weekly and monthly passenger actuals that come direct from the airp.....
Chinese Airports Turn the Rankings Tables
Updated today with new results from China, this Air4casts bulletin analyses the global airport passenger traffic rankings for the first ten months.....
American Overseas Travel Hits Covid Era High
Hot off the press from the US government is the news that 1.7 million American passport holders took an international flight out of the US in Dece.....
Good News from the USA
From the 150 airports who have already declared their international passenger data for the month of November there is:
✓ undoubtedl.....
Positive News from November Flight Data
There are important regional pockets which continue to suggest that the single largest impediment to the recovery of air travel is the policies of.....
Turkey Leads Europe in October
Europe’s busiest October international airports were Antalya and Istanbul, both comfortably ahead of the normal European leaders.
Tog.....
November Departures Give Grounds for Optimism, Europe Apart
International departures for the first two weeks of this month do confirm that, in five out of the six regions of the world, a recovery is under w.....
Middle East October Latest: Strong Growth
Internationals in October: flight data which is available for the first three weeks of the month, indicates a 22% point September to October increase .....
Asia/Pacific - Good News from India in the October Internationals
Daily international flight departures for the first two weeks in October show really encouraging increases for India:
✓ for the mon.....
Covid Plays Havoc with Airport Rankings
Today’s Air4casts bulletin assesses the July air passenger performance of the world’s two largest economies.
All data comes direct from.....
Last Week: European Recovery Continues
Based on the total number of flights for airports in Europe for the week ending Friday last, the 21st August:
✓ departures and arrivals had recov.....
July Internationals; Top 10 Reporting Airports
July’s top ten international PAX performers are, without exception, European for the reasons that:
✓ there is a recovery of sorts get.....
Europe’s Daily Air Traffic Rallies
Today's Chart of the Day from Air4casts examines the latest August daily air traffic numbers from Europe’s key countries. They are showing a.....
China International Recovery Setback
In response to announcements by national airlines that they intended a rapid return to fuller international schedules, the Chinese Civil Aviation Auth.....
Spain; What a Difference a Month Makes
One of the most international tourist destinations in Europe, Spain is no exception to the April rule: air travel is as near to zero as makes no diffe.....
China Recovery Watch; May Day Recovery Good News
Data just released by Ctrip confirms the expected/hoped for boost in travel demand.
It goes without saying that the continuing limita.....
March Airport Actuals: Domestic Focus
It is all too evident that, for international passenger numbers at least, the March actuals are simply one step away from an April which is as close t.....
China Recovery Watching
Today's Air4casts bulletin analyses the domestic and international March airport passenger counts from China's top airports.
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COVID-19; Today’s Airport Passenger Updates
Today’s Coronavirus briefing focuses on two crucial crisis data strands
✓ hard February airport passenger data and
✓ the Chine.....
Coronavirus Impacts Airport Rankings
The Air4casts Coronavirus module updates the 2020 monthly forecasts by airport and nationality every day to take into account each new hard piece of d.....
December Internationals; Latest Passenger Actuals
571 airports have so far reported their December 2019 and full year passenger numbers. Today's Air4casts analysis tracks the internati.....
Mixed Chinese Travel Messages in the Final Quarter of 2019
Today's client exclusive analysis focuses on the striking Chinese destination performance extremes now in evidence for the final.....