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September and October show no significant global capacity growth.
We keep monitoring scheduled capacity from airlines worldwide. After the beginning of June and rising numbers of offered seats on all continents, August, September, and October show stagnating numbers. The last week of September reached a peak with 62.1 million seats, while the global size of the industry in mid-October is at 60 million seats […]
Aircraft delivery numbers unstable, from growth in June and July to a significant fall in August
At ch-aviation, we continually track new aircraft deliveries from the largest aircraft manufacturers: Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC, De Havilland, Embraer, Irkut, and Viking Air. After the lowest point this year, in April, when airlines were accepting only 15 deliveries, we had rapid growth in June and continued growth in July, but August is showing […]
Aircraft comeback trend is slowly growing
After the peak of 59% of the global fleet grounded at the end of April, more and more aircraft are coming back from temporary storage, but the trend is slowly coming to a halt. At the beginning of September, Airlines had 32% of the global fleet still grounded, with 22.179 aircraft tracked in the ch-aviation […]
After growing numbers in August, worldwide capacity is again slowly dropping
We keep monitoring scheduled capacity from airlines worldwide. August has shown an increasing number of seats within all continents, while the first half of September shows slowly dropping or stagnating numbers. When reaching the peak at the beginning of August, the global size of the industry was counting 61.1 million seats per week, while the beginning […]
Europe continues to push the recovery while other regions lag
We continue to monitor scheduled capacity from airlines around the world. For the last two weeks the global size of the industry stands at 61 million scheduled weekly seats. We can see airlines in Europe are putting more and more seats into the supply, while other regions have flatter curves in capacity development. We continue […]
Capacity growth in Americas, Africa and Oceania flattened as Europe and Asia rise
We continue to monitor scheduled capacity from airlines around the world. The industry added almost 2 million additional seats for the current week compared to the previous one. The global size of the industry now stands at 56.1 million seats. Still, there is a long way to full recovery, and we can see some signs […]
Airlines have re-activated 5,500 aircraft since the lowest point
55% of fleets grounded in the beginning of April. 59% of fleets grounded at the end of April. 57% of fleets grounded at the beginning May. 55% of fleets grounded the end of May. 54% of fleets grounded in the beginning of June. 51% of fleets grounded in the end of June. 46% of fleets […]
Europe in the driver’s seat to lead industry recovery
We continue to monitor scheduled capacity from airlines around the world. The industry’s recovery continues to show signs of growth. The scheduled capacity is now at 54.3 million seats – a recovery of 5% per week since the beginning of May. Still, there is a long way to the full recovery of more than 100 […]