"Commercial aviation traffic in Europe is leading a strong recovery, with the last week showing a 45% increase in air travel over this time in 2021, only 14% lower than 2019 traffic. Air travel in China is slowly increasing, with 10,298 flights a day on average this past week. Globally, flights are up 23% from this week last year, only 16% lower than 2019 traffic."
- James Sulak, President, FlightAware
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | July 11 - July 17
Flights per Day:
2022: 26,096
2021: 24,517
2020: 15,157
2019: 30,627
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +6%
2022 vs. 2020: +72%
2022 vs. 2019: -15%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | July 11 - July 17
Flights per Day:
2022: 89,970
2021: 73,096
2020: 47,072
2019: 107,518
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +23%
2022 vs. 2020: +91%
2022 vs. 2019: -16%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe
Weekly Average | July 11 - July 17
Flights per Day:
2022: 24,501
2021: 16,845
2020: 9,284
2019: 28,560
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +45%
2022 vs. 2020: +164%
2022 vs. 2019: -14%
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - China
Weekly Average | July 11 - July 17
Flights per Day:
2022: 10,298
2021: 13,216
2020: 10,726
2019: 15,131
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: -22%
2022 vs. 2020: -4%
2022 vs. 2019: -32%
Commercial Airline: Any scheduled passenger airline flights. The FAA refers to these as Part 121 and Part 129 traffic. The airline numbers shown in this report do not include canceled flights.
Quick Stats: Business Aviation Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | July 11 - July 17
Flights per Day:
2022: 12,910
2021: 13,323
2020: 9,021
2019: 10,598
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: -3%
2022 vs. 2020: +43%
2022 vs. 2019: +22%
Business Aviation: Any turbine general aviation flights that are not commercial or cargo airlines. The FAA refers to these as Part 91 or 135 traffic.
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