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Download the New Air4casts iPhone App Today
We are delighted to let you know that the latest Air4casts iPhone app is now available to download from the App Store.Designed for busy Travel Retail .....
Canadians Drive the Canada/USA Travel Decline
New data from Air4casts for March highlight the continuing fall-out of US/Canada tensions and their impact on travel between the two countries. M.....
Canada's Land Arrivals in Freefall
The dramatic effect on Canadian border stores of tariffs and annexation threats can now be seen in February’s official land border crossings from th.....
TRBusiness Exclusive: The Americas Region Soars Ahead of 2019
Our analysis of the American Travel market is now available on TRBusiness. Click here to read it.Alternatively, you can read on below.Last year’s co.....
Avoid the Travel Retail Guessing Game - Real Time Traffic Data Updated Daily
A unique co-operation between ACI and Air4casts provides authentic access to the actual traffic data for international, domestic and total passengers .....
The US Land Border Market in July
The July data for US land borders, just released, shows that some 21 million people entered the country over land during the month which in broad term.....
3.7 Million Chinese Citizens Visited Hong Kong in August
Released today, the August data for the arrival of Chinese citizens into Hong Kong, when compared with 2023, shows a 31% increase in air passengers an.....
June Internationals up just 1% on 2019
Today Air4casts examines the June slowdown in the rate of international air passenger growth. The results come directly from the 1300 plus .....
Air Travel Demand Becoming more Price Elastic
The latest forecast updates based on June actuals have, today, been uploaded to subscriber web sites. The 2024 forecast by region is higher.....
Chinese Spending in Macau Hits Record Heights In Q1
In Q1 of this year spending on shopping by 6.3 million Chinese visitors to Macau, and visitors include both overnight and day visitors arriving by a.....
Hong Kong: Heading in the Wrong Direction
In November last year HKG hit the 75% recovery mark; it had been growing steadily if not hugely since a modest turning point in August. But since the .....
Almost There - South Korea Hits 96% of 2019
With South Korea’s March airport passenger actuals already uploaded for clients in the daily updated Airports 1500 module, today’s Air4cas.....
Hainan Island Breaks all Records in February
Just released, the official February visitor and retail sales data for Hainan Island will hearten everyone that has invested in the island’s phe.....
Chinese Visitors Desert Taiwan
With the latest official visitor numbers to Taiwan showing mainland Chinese tourists 87% lower than they were pre-pandemic today’s Air4casts bul.....
Forecast Update: March 2024
The latest forecasts have today been uploaded to client sites.
The Chinese appetite for domestic travel over the Lunar New Year holiday has hit a n.....
Majority of January Airports ahead of 2019
626 January airports are already on the Air4casts system with their passenger actuals from last month. With over half of them posting results ahead of.....
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities...
...and two major international airports which back in 2019 found themselves at opposite ends of the world’s top 20.
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Year of the Dragon Breaks all Hainan Records
The best Chinese New Year since records began is the message from Hainan’s biggest airport, Haikou Meilan. Passenger numbers at the airport this.....
The Unstoppable American Traveller
Spare a Thought for Delta’s Ed Bastian.
He has clearly not been reading his Travel Retail press.
The CEO of Delta Airlines gives.....
Luxury Brand Outlets: Where are The 800?
The Luxury Shopper Module, previewed here for Cannes 2023, allows the tracking of some 800 stand-alone outlets:
in just 60 airport terminals, no mo.....
Female Chinese Shoppers Return to South Korea
This was certainly the case in May where the latest inbound visitor numbers show a clear return in both Chinese and Japanese visitors to the pre-pande.....
China and the USA: Premium/Luxury Travel in July
Premium travel is massively lower than it should be, is obviously disproportionally down on the comparable month in 2019 and is not to be explained in.....
Chart of the Day: Athens Record Breaking March
The first of the big European airports to publish their March PAX actuals, Athens, is comfortably ahead of March 2019.
International passeng.....
Asia/Pacific Leaps Ahead in February
With February PAX actuals from 700 global airports now on the Air4casts reporting system, today’s traffic bulletin highlights results from the b.....
February Actuals - China Starts to Lift
409 international airports have now declared their February, obviously a shorter month, actuals, which poses questions on three levels:
W.....
Macau Bounces Back with a Roar
A dramatic reversal of fortune took place in Macau in January.
Visitors from the Chinese mainland more than tripled compared with .....
Latin American Airports Smash 2019 Results
833 airports have so far declared their January 2023 passenger actuals and together they cover 85% of expected global traffic for the month.
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China’s Domestic Travel Takes Off
What a difference a week makes. While international air travel out of China has remained quiet since the 8th January Covid rules relaxation, dom.....
2023 China Passenger Forecast
The first of the monthly updated 2023 forecast sets has today been uploaded to client sites.
CHINA FOCUS
Necessarily a focus of interest.....
Hainan Now in Real Recovery Mode
Subscribers to the Air4casts ChinaDomestic module are avid watchers of our weekly air passenger numbers from the island’s biggest airport, Haiko.....
Air4casts is On the App Store!
We are delighted to let you know that the latest Air4casts iPhone .....
2023 International Passenger Forecast
There is growing excitement about the prospects for an accelerated recovery in Asia/Pacific international traffic.
In the case of Hong Ko.....
Changes in China Policy: Daily International Flights
Continuing this week’s Air4casts is reporting on five important traffic indicators with the third in the series:
Daily Domestic Travel - Read.....
Hainan and Macau Beat the Golden Week Trend
While many regions in China experienced muted domestic air travel levels last week there is better news from both Hainan and Macau.
Overa.....
Hong Kong Gears Up for Travel Surge
With mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals to Hong Kong now a thing of the past today’s Air4casts bulletin examines the fast moving changes to.....
Changing Traveller Demographics
Outbound air travellers in many countries are exhibiting significant demographic changes compared to pre-pandemic 2019.
Today&rsqu.....
China’s Domestic Air Traffic Down 40%
After an encouraging July upswing in domestic air travel on mainland China, August proved problematical.
Once again the Chinese governmen.....
Hainan Begins Latest Road to Recovery
Just in today the latest weekly data for Hainan’s largest airport show an 11% point increase on the previous week. Up to date as of Wednesday 24.....
Singapore Hits 50% of 2019 in June
With 1000 airports already on the Air4casts system with June PAX actuals today’s traffic bulletin focuses on the international air travel recove.....
Hainan’s June Sales Race Ahead
After a Spring of Covid related difficulties Hainan’s offshore sales moved comfortably ahead of May last month, making June the third most succe.....
China Domestics: Good Weekend News
Domestic flight departures this weekend brought more welcome news for China watchers:
✓ Sunday departures jumped by a thousand da.....
50 European Airports Smash 2019
260 European airports have already reported their May international PAX actuals and over 50 have broken through the May 2019 barrier.
The.....
The European Recovery Gathers Pace
The April results for 250 international airports in Europe definitely point the way to summer traffic levels which risk being at least as good as in 2.....
US Question: Is Long-Haul Back?
US Question: Is Long-Haul Back?
The strength of US demand for travel to leisure destinations throughout Latin America is well documented. The state.....
February Air Traffic Review
1150 Airports have now declared their total passenger numbers for the month of February. All data comes from the Air4casts Traffic Control module.
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China Traffic Woes Accumulate
Yesterday saw commercial flight departures in China reach a new low. At 1758 the comparison with levels achieved just two months ago is stark.&n.....
Air4casts iPhone App Update
Download the latest version of the Air4casts iPhone app today! The Air4casts Infographics Premium app has just been updated with beautiful.....
Hainan Sales Roared Ahead in February
February’s Hainan retail sales soared again with help from the key Lunar New Year travel surge. While the March performance is likely to.....
Chinese Domestics in Freefall
No China watcher can have missed the recent and rapid rise in Covid cases: 5280 at the March 15 count.
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Russia Forecast Update
The international and domestic forecasts for all Russian departures and arrivals have again been revised downward.
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Ukraine - The March Downsides
In all of the misery and chaos that is Ukraine it is perhaps timely to enquire as to the possible effects on air travel in the short-term and specific.....
Omicron hits January Internationals
There are today over 600 airports on the Air4casts system with passenger actuals for January 2022.
Of those 446 have declared their inter.....
Hainan Year of the Tiger
Hainan’s biggest airport has just achieved its highest weekly PAX number in six months.
Haikou Meilan airport’s passenger cou.....
Dubai Airport Races to Second Place Globally
Over 1000 airports with October PAX actuals are now on the Air4casts system. Today’s bulletin focuses on the top global international airports.
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October US Internationals Outpace Seasonal Norm
October PAX actuals from all US international airports are today on the Air4casts system.
In advance of what is shaping up to be a bumper.....
Dubai Posts Highest PAX Numbers in 18 Months
In an encouraging sign of the gathering pace of recovery Dubai airport’s September PAX were the highest since the start of the pandemic.
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Monitoring the International Recovery: September Airport Actuals
Under normal circumstances it would have been expected that the September returns from the international airports would have shown a predictable seaso.....
Europe’s Holiday Airports Shine in August
With over 600 airports already reporting their August PAX data, today’s Air4casts’ bulletin looks at the progress being made at European h.....
UK Takes Off in August
For the whole of the summer the UK recovery curve has been flatter than elsewhere in Europe.
The good news for August is that the picture for those.....
Latest September Forecast Update
The latest September forecasts have today been uploaded to client sites.
Ryanair, for the month of October, is forecasting to sel.....
Global June/July Growth Hits 44%
Today’s Air4casts bulletin examines the July on June international air passenger growth in the context of the seasonal uplift over each of the p.....
Alcohol Sales Increase by 87% Points
Retail sales in July demonstrated excellent yoy growth. Sales of Alcohol and Tobacco increased 87% points compared with July 2020 and mobile phone.....
Hainan Cosmetic Sales Double Again
Released today by the Hainan Provincial government are the island’s May retail sales by category as well as the tourist performance for the .....
Hainan’s April Sales Up 49% with Tourists Up 135%
Hainan Island’s total retail sales, domestic and duty free, hit USD 3 billion last month, up by almost a half on April 2020 according to the.....
China Domestic Travel in April
The latest domestic passenger data for Chinese airports in April provides an excellent indicator of market developments and trends with one import.....
Hainan Report May 2021
This week’s Hainan report has been updated with the latest data to the week ended Wednesday 5th May 2021. Clients can access the full report.....
March Latest Actuals
Air4casts has, to date, recorded March passenger actuals from 550 airports around the world which, for the moment is dominated by China whose mass.....
Domestic Air Travel Update March 2021
A central feature of the 400 airports that have, to date, reported their March domestic passenger actuals is the resurgence in the Chinese market .....
Latest Forecast Review
The latest forecasts for over 1500 airports have today been uploaded to client websites. This briefing examines the latest outlook by region.
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Asian Airlines in Q4
In last week’s similar post on how European airlines view their prospects for the summer season, Air4casts were able to report some very con.....
March Forecast Update
The revised passenger forecasts, uploaded to subscribers’ websites today, represent no more than a modest change on the outlook develo.....
Chinese Air PAX up 745% in 15 Days
What a difference two weeks makes. On 12th February China’s airports handled just 162 thousand passengers, a decrease of 90% points on the l.....
Will Vaccinations Hold the Key?
Hard to argue that they will not but harder still to predict the sorts of release mechanisms which will exist and where.
It is quite possib.....
Forecast Update February
That there continues to be substantial pent-up demand for international travel has, from the evidence, never been in doubt.
Europ.....
Chinese Airports Turn the Rankings Tables
Updated today with new results from China, this Air4casts bulletin analyses the global airport passenger traffic rankings for the first ten months.....
American Overseas Travel Hits Covid Era High
Hot off the press from the US government is the news that 1.7 million American passport holders took an international flight out of the US in Dece.....
Covid-19: Travel Restrictions are Largely Ineffective
It is perhaps a little unlikely that many subscribers will be attentive readers of the “Lancet”: the world’ leading medical jour.....
Tourists Top 9 Million and Cosmetics Sales Soar
The Hainan provincial government’s monthly report for October highlights the extent of the island’s emergence as the key.....
Good News from the USA
From the 150 airports who have already declared their international passenger data for the month of November there is:
✓ undoub.....
Air Travel Trends in 2021
The answers to just two simple questions will say it all:
✓ how strong will any recovery be next year and
✓ under what c.....
Positive News from November Flight Data
There are important regional pockets which continue to suggest that the single largest impediment to the recovery of air travel is the policies of.....
September Air Departures Show Dramatic Shifts
Today’s Air4casts bulletin examines the prospects for domestic and international air travel in light of the latest September airport passenger d.....
Hainan and Its Best Seven Days
Hainan Island’s largest airport, Haikou Meilan, last week had its best 7 days since the start of the pandemic. These latest weekly passenger num.....
Europe’s Daily Air Traffic Rallies
Today's Chart of the Day from Air4casts examines the latest August daily air traffic numbers from Europe’s key countries. They are showing a.....
Hainan Island Breaks Post Pandemic Records
On Thursday last we reported the good news that Hainan’s travel numbers were progressing steadily week on week.
Today's bulletin goes fur.....
USA Independence Day Travel Down 80%
Daily air passenger numbers from the USA show a significantly less rosy reality than forward bookings suggested in the run-up to the vacation.
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Domestic Air Travel Leads the Way in May
With the global air travel recovery inching forward at a snail’s pace day by day, Air4casts examines a strange new world where the domestic reco.....
April US Air PAX Obliterated by Coronavirus
Air4casts is the only data supplier in Travel Retail to receive the fast track monthly international passenger numbers directly from the US government.....
China Recovery Watch; May Day Holiday Air Travel Performance
Daily travel data just released from the Chinese government pinpoints what actually happened over the May Day holiday period.
The focus is .....
China Recovery Watch; May Day Recovery Good News
Data just released by Ctrip confirms the expected/hoped for boost in travel demand.
It goes without saying that the continuing limita.....
China Recovery Watch: Retail Sales
The latest March retail sales data for China is now available.
It shows that overall, and in those product areas of most interest to Travel Ret.....
China Domestic Recovery Underway
With most of the world’s international air network now in lockdown, latest April forecast is -92% after Turkey and Russia stopped international .....
China: Domestic Routes Will Lead the Recovery
For the past two months Air4casts has measured the effect of all the travel restrictions, flight cancellations and border closures on the internationa.....
Coronavirus Airport Rankings
The Air4casts Coronavirus module updates the 2020 monthly forecasts by airport and nationality every day to take into account each new hard piece of d.....