Sometimes, when the workload is high and client projects take priority, we like to step back and remind ourselves a bit of the global context.
This week, that’s as simple as looking at where the world’s scheduled passenger capacity is. Of course, we’re looking at scheduled departing ASKs, which causes a bit of a conundrum for inter-regional travel (ahem, Middle East). For example, Emirates may operate flights between the Middle East and Europe, but when they turn around to fly back, they count as European departures.
Still, the representation is accurate. The source of the traffic originates in three major regions that should come as no surprise to anybody. Two-thirds of all commercial aviation capacity departs Europe, North America, or Northeast Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, and crucially, North Korea).
For those who prefer a more granular approach to examining which travel corridors have the most ASKs, we’ve provided the top 20.
The density of domestic and intra-regional flying quickly becomes apparent, with the big three mature-market regions driving traffic. Of course, the transatlantic corridor is dense, but following that is Latin America and its intra-regional flying. Granted, Latin America is a large place stretching from Mexico to Chile and the Faroe Islands, but not one that typically gets the attention it probably deserves.
Research published this week
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