We constantly seek ways to improve the way data tells its story, and this is one of those experiments. The source data is TSA daily counts. This model uses a more advanced interaction method. You can click on anything, and…
IATA released data for February 2024 global passenger demand with the following highlights: Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), was up 21.5% compared to February 2023. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), was up 18.7% year-on-year.…
US air travel has leveled off in the early part of the second quarter, as airlines struggled with staffing issues and growing operational capacity. The result is that traffic is constrained and flat, with traffic remaining at about 90% of…
A continuing slide in US airline traffic, per TSA measures, has reduced airline performance in January. While there is traditionally a seasonal slump in the first quarter, the continuing slide in traffic appears to go beyond seasonality and indicates that…
US airline traffic growth, which was quite strong in the first half of 2021, has slowed in the second half and is now following historic patterns of month-to-month variation. We call this phenomenon constrained normalcy. The following chart illustrates…
TSA data on passengers screened indicates that a strong recovery in US airline traffic is underway. The upward trend line in traffic from earlier in the year is continuing in the first half of June. The following chart, with updated…