--- title: "Aviation Stats Update: July 18, 2022" description: 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. image: https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/Media%20Advisory.png --- [![arrow left](https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/left-chevron.png) Back to Flight Tracking ](https://www.flightaware.com) ![](https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/icon-close.svg) [![FlightAware](https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/flightaware-logo-color.svg) ](https://flightaware.com) - Products Data Products - [![](https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/icon-aeroapi.png) AeroAPI Flight data API with on-demand flight status and flight tracking data. ](https://www.flightaware.com/commercial/aeroapi/) - [![](https://blog.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/icon-firehose.png) FlightAware Firehose Streaming flight data feed for enterprise integrations with real-time, historical and predictive flight data. ](https://www.flightaware.com/commercial/firehose/) - 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[Tweet](https://twitter.com/share?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ** Tags: [News & Announcements](https://blog.flightaware.com/tag/news-announcements) [Aviation Recovery](https://blog.flightaware.com/tag/aviation-recovery) "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* --- ** ### Interactive US Cancellations and Delays Report ## Due to the high interest in delays and cancellations, our team has developed an interactive Delays and Cancellations Report in Tableau. [![Launch Interactive Dashboard](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7228775/51d37c55-0d84-4c2f-8f56-83d0d1ea4c77.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7228775/51d37c55-0d84-4c2f-8f56-83d0d1ea4c77) --- ### Commercial Airline Traffic - United States ![July 18 US Com](https://blog.flightaware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/July%2018%20US%20Com.png?width=550&name=July%2018%20US%20Com.png) **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% ### Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide **![July 18 WW ](https://blog.flightaware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/July%2018%20WW%20.png?width=550&name=July%2018%20WW%20.png)** **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%  ### Commercial Airline Traffic - Europe **![July 18 Europe](https://blog.flightaware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/July%2018%20Europe.png?width=550&name=July%2018%20Europe.png)** **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% ### Commercial Airline Traffic - China **![July 18 China](https://blog.flightaware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/July%2018%20China.png?width=550&name=July%2018%20China.png)** **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](https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/air_carriers/operations/part_121/?utm_campaign=Media%20Emails%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ghcI0HI-8XniPW6LhNAdqxd7bsdeo5SePRDnOhINiM0iHb6Ri_ar9JGRD0RIKobySX0H4) and [Part 129](https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/air_carriers/operations/part_129/?utm_campaign=Media%20Emails%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ghcI0HI-8XniPW6LhNAdqxd7bsdeo5SePRDnOhINiM0iHb6Ri_ar9JGRD0RIKobySX0H4) traffic. The airline numbers shown in this report do not include canceled flights.* ### Business Aviation Traffic - United States **![July 18 BA US](https://blog.flightaware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/July%2018%20BA%20US.png?width=550&name=July%2018%20BA%20US.png)** **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](https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/air_carriers/operations/part_91/?utm_campaign=Media%20Emails%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9W7cUtmJUKuSWBM815DJs-qNEqxWCo7KjWyTzRcuo-tLPw1i_pILK2anRg7QjMyr5f18WI) or [135](https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/air_carriers/operations/part_135/?utm_campaign=Media%20Emails%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9W7cUtmJUKuSWBM815DJs-qNEqxWCo7KjWyTzRcuo-tLPw1i_pILK2anRg7QjMyr5f18WI) traffic.*   --- ## Interactive US Cancellations and Delays Report ## Due to the high interest in delays and cancellations, our team has developed an interactive Delays and Cancellations Report in Tableau. [![Launch Interactive Dashboard](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7228775/51d37c55-0d84-4c2f-8f56-83d0d1ea4c77.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7228775/51d37c55-0d84-4c2f-8f56-83d0d1ea4c77) ---   **Want more data? 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