OAG International, which provides airports and airlines data, said the latest data for the air transport sector shows a 2% increase in seat capacity in the week of May 11, compared to the previous week.
The Foundation stated that airlines have occupied 29.8 million seats in total in the 17th week since the Covid-19 outbreak crisis, starting from January 20, 2020, which represents a slight increase, but is very important by 600,000 seats, with the emergence of growth indicators in Eight out of 17 regional markets were analyzed.
The company indicated that the total capacity, estimated at 30 million seats, is still at very low levels, and about 80 million fewer were put into operation in the same week last year, highlighting the extent of the global market’s vulnerability.
"Over the course of a few weeks, the Northeast Asian region showed signs of some recovery driven by capacity growth in the Chinese market, with 1 million more seats added this week, and (Cathay Pacific) rescheduled about 40,000 seats."
She added: "There are signs of recovery in South America, with two-way growth in some markets, while only one region, South Asia, recorded a decline among the top 10 global regions by 14%." It is expected that reopening local services in India before May 15 to capacitance rebound next week.
The Foundation expected to see the first signs of recovery in some markets during the next week, at greater rates, pointing out that the total capacity of domestic flights in China amounts to 75%, compared to the levels before "Covid-19", while the ratio reaches 27% in the United States, And 49% compared to 4% in the United Kingdom.
As for the tables of the first 10 markets in terms of seat capacity occupied by airlines for the current week, China leads with 11 million seats, followed by the United States with about five million seats, then Japan with about two million, indicating that the absence of Western Europe in the top 10 global markets shows how Harm.
She pointed to the very high levels of cancellations in the US domestic market in the past six weeks, as airlines continued to schedule services, and then canceled them at the last minute with a lack of demand, explaining that the past two weeks have seen all American airlines cut the number of scheduled domestic flights.
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Seat capacity increase in the week beginning May 11 compared to the previous week.