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China Airports; Appreciably Better in July

by Ian Robinson|21 August 202421 August 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

After the disappointments of May and June the July results for China's international airports make much better reading. International Passengers .....

May Traffic in Asia and Europe: A Tale of Two Continents

by Sarah Robinson|20 June 202420 June 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With May passenger actuals on the system from almost 600 airports globally today’s Air4casts traffic bulletin focuses on the two key regions of .....

Hong Kong: Heading in the Wrong Direction

by Ian Robinson|23 May 202423 May 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

In November last year HKG hit the 75% recovery mark; it had been growing steadily if not hugely since a modest turning point in August. But since the .....

May Forecast Update

by Ian Robinson|13 May 202413 May 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Two features are important in this most recent forecast update which has been uploaded for clients today. The 2019 Recovery Benchmark .....

A Tale of Two Cities

by Jane Robinson|08 February 202408 February 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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. .....

Year of the Dragon Breaks all Hainan Records

by Emma Robinson|02 February 202402 February 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The best Chinese New Year since records began is the message from Hainan’s biggest airport, Haikou Meilan. Passenger numbers at the airport this.....

November US Internationals Beat 2019

by Jane Robinson|14 December 202314 December 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

For the second month in a row international passenger traffic at the USA’s airports has comfortably exceeded 2019 levels The measurement include.....

Forecast Update May 2023

by Ian Robinson|09 May 202309 May 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The pace of recovery, and especially in Asia/Pacific, is certainly accelerating as the forecast to forecast comparison indicates: ✓.....

Chinese Travel Surges to Hainan and Macau

by Sarah Robinson|27 April 202327 April 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The Air4casts’ ChinaDomestic module is today reporting a major Chinese traveller increase to both key tourist destinations. Inbound.....

One Week, Two Press Releases, A Single Theme

by Ian Robinson|12 April 202312 April 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The first from ACI in raises doubts about the strength of the recovery in Asia/Pacific pointing to high ticket rises as an impediment to growth. The s.....

Chart of the Day: Athens Record Breaking March

by Sarah Robinson|05 April 202305 April 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The first of the big European airports to publish their March PAX actuals, Athens, is comfortably ahead of March 2019. International passeng.....

Middle East Beats 2019

by Jane Robinson|03 April 202303 April 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Airports Council International recently went public with some thoughts about the problems besetting the industry. For readers not familiar with ACI it.....

Forecast Update March 2023

by Sarah Robinson|09 March 202309 March 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

This month’s forecast revision indicates an acceleration in the rates of recovery when compared with the outlook produced a month ago. .....

Latin American Airports Smash 2019 Results

by Jane Robinson|27 February 202327 February 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

833 airports have so far declared their January 2023 passenger actuals and together they cover 85% of expected global traffic for the month. .....

Forecast Update February 2023

by Ian Robinson|07 February 202307 February 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Today’s update, and looking primarily at the full year 2024, is hardly different from the projections developed a month ago and when those proje.....

2023 China Passenger Forecast

by Ian Robinson|16 January 202316 January 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The first of the monthly updated 2023 forecast sets has today been uploaded to client sites. CHINA FOCUS Necessarily a focus of interest.....

Hainan Now in Real Recovery Mode

by Emma Robinson|16 December 202216 December 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Subscribers to the Air4casts ChinaDomestic module are avid watchers of our weekly air passenger numbers from the island’s biggest airport, Haiko.....

2023 International Passenger Forecast

by Sarah Robinson|07 December 202207 December 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

There is growing excitement about the prospects for an accelerated recovery in Asia/Pacific international traffic. In the case of Hong Ko.....

Japan’s Changing Airport Nationality Mix

by Sarah Robinson|02 October 202202 October 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

From 11 October foreign tourists will again be able to visit Japan without a visa and without using a travel agency. Today’s Air4casts bulletin .....

The Recovery in Asia/Pacific

by Emma Robinson|26 September 202226 September 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

In the month of August international passenger numbers across all available airports in Asia/Pacific stood at 32% of the August 2019 level, up from 11.....

The Global Recovery: International Passengers

by Emma Robinson|05 September 202205 September 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

August data confirms the slowdown in the post Covid recovery: ✓ internationals started the year on just 39% of 2019 ✓ last mo.....

China’s Domestic Air Traffic Down 40%

by Sarah Robinson|02 September 202202 September 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

After an encouraging July upswing in domestic air travel on mainland China, August proved problematical. Once again the Chinese governmen.....

July Forecast Review

by Ian Robinson|06 July 202206 July 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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.....

The European Recovery Gathers Pace

by Sarah Robinson|16 May 202216 May 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The April results for 250 international airports in Europe definitely point the way to summer traffic levels which risk being at least as good as in 2.....

India: An International Recovery with a Difference

by Sarah Robinson|27 April 202227 April 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

It is the case that destinations in the Middle East have always dominated international flights from India. This month, and with a recovery record .....