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We track scheduled flights (what’s planned) and tracked flights (what’s in the air). Looking at data up to April 13th we find the following:
• Both scheduled and tracked flights are falling or remain low across the world. Some airports in the US (Chicago and Dallas) and in Asia (Shanghai, HK, Seoul) are seeing some level of tracked flights albeit at lower levels than in the past.
• London Gatwick airport had the highest weekly decline in scheduled flights – currently 16 compared to 135 a week ago.
• There were some increases in scheduled flights (though not necessarily tracked flighst) in Singapore and modestly in Beijing, Shanghai, Toronto, Vancouver and Rome. This may suggest flights may start to pick up.
• In Japan, Narita International airport had the sharpest decline in scheduled and tracked flights. Haneda International airport had showed slower declines.
Let us know if you would like us to add any more cities or airports.
United States
New York
Chart 1: New York, US (JFK)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Atlanta
Chart 2: Atlanta, US (Hartsfield-Jackson)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Los Angeles
Chart 3: Los Angeles, US (International)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Chicago
Chart 4: Chicago, US (O’Hare International)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Dallas
Chart 5: Dallas, US (Fort Worth International)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
UK
London
Chart 6: London Heathrow, UK
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Chart 7: London Gatwick, UK
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Italy
Milan
Chart 8: Milan Int., IT (Bergamo il Caravaggio
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Rome
Chart 9: Rome, IT (Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Spain
Madrid
Chart 10: Madrid, SP (Barajas)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Barcelona
Chart 11: Barcelona Int., SP (El Prat)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Germany
Frankfurt
Chart 12: Frankfurt, GE
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Munich
Chart 13: Munich, GE
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
France
Paris
Chart 14: Paris, FR (Charles de Gaulle)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Canada
Toronto
Chart 15: Toronto Int., CA (Pearson)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Vancouver
Chart 16: Vancouver Int., CA
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
China
Beijing
Chart 17: Beijing Capital Int., CH
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Shanghai
Chart 18: Shanghai Int., CH (Pudong)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Japan
Tokyo
Chart 19: Tokyo, JN (Haneda International)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Chart 20: Tokyo JN, (Narita International)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
South Korea
Seoul
Chart 21: Seoul Int., KOR (Incheon)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Hong Kong
Chart 22: Hong Kong Int.
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Singapore
Chart 23: Singapore Int., SG (Changi)
Source: Flightradar24, Macro Hive
Bilal Hafeez is the CEO and Editor of Macro Hive. He spent over twenty years doing research at big banks – JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, and Nomura, where he had various “Global Head” roles and did FX, rates and cross-markets research.
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