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The capacity trend in different regions started to differentiate (sign of recovery in Asia)
This is the fifth week in a row we are following the capacity trends globally to understand the shifts in capacity during the COVID-19 crisis. Again, we see another round of cuts made by the airlines to match dropping demand and react to government limitations. We analysed the data from the ch-aviation capacities module. The […]
The search for the bottom of capacity cuts still in progress
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55% of the world’s airline fleets are grounded
Our latest analysis shows that 55% of the total airline fleets around the world are now grounded. Based on data from ch-aviation’s fleets advanced data, 17,944 aircraft are now parked for storage or maintenance globally. The percentage of grounded aircraft is lower than the number of scheduled flights in the world, as many airlines drastically […]
The world is half the size it was expected to be two weeks ago
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Airlines in China reduced schedules for the current week but remain optimistic for recovery
Back in the middle of February 2020, we looked at the groundings of aircraft by Chinese airlines. Last week we looked at our data showing the number of active aircraft in China started to increase, while the number of grounded aircraft by Hong Kong airlines continue to grow. Last week we saw Chinese airlines had […]
More than 20 million weekly seats vanished from airline schedules in a week
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Aircraft deliveries hit by covid-19
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Easter vacation period is not cancelled (yet)
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