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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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The Unstoppable American Traveller
Spare a Thought for Delta’s Ed Bastian.
He has clearly not been reading his Travel Retail press.
The CEO of Delta Airlines gives.....
November US Internationals Beat 2019
For the second month in a row international passenger traffic at the USA’s airports has comfortably exceeded 2019 levels The measurement include.....
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......
The Luxury Traveller in First Class
While any announcement of the death of First Class travel is premature, there are certainly challenges ahead.
✓ the longer-term context.....
Asia/Pacific Leaps Ahead in February
With February PAX actuals from 700 global airports now on the Air4casts reporting system, today’s traffic bulletin highlights results from the b.....
Cathay Pacific Carries 1.1 Million Passengers in February
Cathay Pacific Airlines carried over 1.1 million passengers in February, still down almost 61% on February 2019 but up almost 3500% points on the same.....
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:
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Forecast Update March 2023
This month’s forecast revision indicates an acceleration in the rates of recovery when compared with the outlook produced a month ago.
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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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Tracking the Chinese Traveller
With Chinese outbound travel gaining strength Air4casts will, over the coming weeks, analyse each of the key Chinese destination markets.
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October International PAX - Asia/Pacific and the USA
Over 1000 airports are now on the Air4casts system with October PAX actuals. Today’s traffic bulletin examines the contrasting internation.....
The Global Recovery: International Passengers
August data confirms the slowdown in the post Covid recovery:
✓ internationals started the year on just 39% of 2019
✓ last mo.....
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.....
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 .....
US Question: Is Long-Haul Back?
US Question: Is Long-Haul Back?
The strength of US demand for travel to leisure destinations throughout Latin America is well documented. The state.....
February Air Traffic Review
1150 Airports have now declared their total passenger numbers for the month of February. All data comes from the Air4casts Traffic Control module.
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Forecast Update April 2022
Today’s upload of the latest forecast updates is, in global terms, little different from the view taken just a month ago.
There are differences.....
Chinese Domestics in Freefall
No China watcher can have missed the recent and rapid rise in Covid cases: 5280 at the March 15 count.
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Russia Forecast Update
The international and domestic forecasts for all Russian departures and arrivals have again been revised downward.
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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.....
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.....
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.
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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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Omicron Flight Cancellations: Apparent or Real?
Over the holiday period there was a surge in breathless press reports, many of them beginning in the USA, pointing to a an unprecedented level of flig.....
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.....
Mexico in Full Recovery
November international data for the 32 Mexican airports with published results, shows that passenger numbers are now above the 2019 levels for the sam.....
Almost 70% of Europeans plan to travel by the end of January 2022
This latest consumer survey of 6000 respondents highlights the strength of demand for both domestic and intra-regional travel in Europe.
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Chinese Outbound Travel Timeline
With China's international outbound air travel continuing to be at a standstill, today's Air4casts Chart of the Day pinpoints the key governme.....
Summer in Europe: The Retailers to Watch
Because anecdotal evidence of moves towards liberalisation of travel in Europe is growing daily, the question arises: which of the .....
Covid-19; the Second Wave and Travel Retail
While not entirely a European phenomenon, it is evident also in the USA, in some countries of Latin America and now in South Korea, the second wav.....
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.....
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.....