Airport and airline data is continuously updated throughout the month on a daily basis as a part of the Air4casts Fastpax package.
The distinction is made between the February and January declaring airports. For the guidance of users:
◊ the February airports will be fewer in number but early in the month will put a gloss on the results; faster growing airports declare earlier
◊ January airports are obviously more numerous and more representative.
February Airports
January Airports
International Airports
US Airlines
At today's count, 202 airports have declared their February results and what they show is a change on last year of 6.2% points.
A key indicator of trend is the difference between the percentage change recorded for the month of February and the pax expected for that month. A positive difference indicates the trend turning upwards; negative confirms a continuing downward slope. In this case the gap is 1.9 % points.
The Last 12 Months
The track from February back 12 months relates to the 202 reporting airports. A bigger picture emerges in the January reporting.
Go back a month to January data in the public domain and the basket of airports is a deeper one. A total of 599 airports have declared their January figures which indicate a 5.2% change on the year before.
The Last 12 Months from January
The January track back over 12 months relates to the 599 reporting airports. The picture is not a complete one, but these airports do represent 80% of world traffic.
There are 259 airports who have published their international passenger data for the latest month.
International Airports Declaring January
Internationals reporting January data
259
Share of International traffic
72%
% change on 2009
4.4%
Expected for January
1.0%
The trend indicator is the difference between the actual for the month and the expected. The expectation for January had been 1% and the trend by difference is 3.4% points.
The Last 12 Months from January
International airport data is not as widely available as are the numbers which relate to total passenger flows in any period. Indeed there are some airports whose disclosure policy is to limit their releases to their trade association.
The returns from the largest US airlines give the earliest and most solid indication of the state of the American and global air travel markets.
Total Airlines Declaring February
US airlines reporting February data
15
Share of US traffic
45.7%
% change on 2009
-2.4%
Expected for February
1.4%
The trend indicator is the difference between the actual for the month and the expected. The expectation for February had been 1.4 and the trend by difference is -3.8% points.
The Last 12 Months from February
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