Air capacity continues to recover season on season, with OAG schedules data showing 33.4 million scheduled flights between January 1 and November 24 this year, or an average of just over 101,000 commercial flights per day. This volume, while significant, represents only a 6.4 per cent improvement over the same period in 2023.
According to Mayur Patel, head of Asia with data specialist OAG Aviation, markets have lost a lot of growth over the last five years – typically, mature markets should be registering at least 12 to 15 per cent of capacity growth during this period.
In this episode of TTG Conversations: Five Questions video news series, Patel details his outlook for air capacity improvements, his confidence in low-cost carriers catalysing Asia-Pacific tourism industry’s recovery and expansion, airfare movements in the new year, growth opportunities for commercial aviation in Asia, and much more.
