Asia | China | Economics & Growth | Europe | Global | US
Summer Strikes to Impact European Departures
- By Bilal Hafeez and Ben Ford
- 2 min read
We track scheduled flights (what’s planned) and tracked flights (what took off) from a sample of the largest airports across the world.
Global Departure Update
Looking at data up to 22 May 2023:
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- Last week’s small retreat in departures proved short lived as global departures soar to 122,000 per day (Chart 1). Departures sit 6% above 2019 levels.
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- China’s recovery continues to tick along but may fail to see a real acceleration until after June with Zhong Nanshan, director of the National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, stating that another wave of Covid-19 may peak in the summer month. The rest of Asia has continued to see departures increase (Charts 2 and 4).
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We track scheduled flights (what’s planned) and tracked flights (what took off) from a sample of the largest airports across the world.
Global Departure Update
Looking at data up to 22 May 2023:
- Last week’s small retreat in departures proved short lived as global departures soar to 122,000 per day (Chart 1). Departures sit 6% above 2019 levels.
- China’s recovery continues to tick along but may fail to see a real acceleration until after June with Zhong Nanshan, director of the National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, stating that another wave of Covid-19 may peak in the summer month. The rest of Asia has continued to see departures increase (Charts 2 and 4).
- Departures across Europe took a step back as strikes impact European air travel again, with Portugal the latest to see a warning issued. Europe (-1.8% WoW) has seen departures slip over the past week.
Information on long-term movements in flight data is available below.
China
Japan
Hong Kong
South Korea
Singapore
Thailand
US
UK
Italy
Spain
Germany
France
Canada