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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.....
The Affluent Chinese Traveller Survey
Back after the Covid years, the Air4casts quarterly rolling survey of 1000 affluent Chinese travellers returned in full in Quarter 4 of last year to t.....
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 Wealthy Chinese and the Chinese Middle Class
The Luxury Shopper Module, previewed here for Cannes 2023, charts the High Net Worth Individuals in China and beyond.
The Wealthy
10.5.....
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.....
Hainan’s Luxury Sales Boost June’s Retail Performance
Published yesterday Hainan’s June retail sales by category show purchases of Luxury Clothing and Jewellery together hitting USD 155 million for .....
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.....
The Chinese Shopper in Hong Kong
Mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong soared to almost 2 million in March and that surge is bringing major demographic changes to the Chinese visitor.....
Almost 200 March Airports Beat 2019
With March 2023 passenger actuals from over 600 airports already declared, today’s traffic bulletin looks at how they performed against 2019, wi.....
Hainan Island Visitors Soar almost 25% over 2019
Uploaded today to the China Domestic module on client sites, the January and February Hainan tourist numbers are up almost a quarter on the same .....
Forecast Update February 2023
Today’s update, and looking primarily at the full year 2024, is hardly different from the projections developed a month ago and when those proje.....
The China International Recovery; January Latest
The recovery is happening but is best described as restrained.
Departing Flights to Sunday 22 January
The latest data for internatio.....
Hainan Year of the Rabbit Travel Just 13% Below 2019…and Catching up Fast
Last week’s data from Hainan’s biggest airport show passenger numbers soaring past half a million in the crucial run-up to Chinese New Yea.....
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 .....
Changes in China Policy: Hong Kong Flight Schedules
This week Air4casts is reporting on five important traffic indicators:
#1 to Watch; Daily Domestic Travel - Yesterday
#2 to Watch; Hong Kong Flight .....
Changes in China Policy; Watch Out for Five Indicators
For the next four days Air4casts will be exploring five important traffic indicators which, taken together and separately, may be interpreted as indic.....
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.....
China Domestics: Good Weekend News
Domestic flight departures this weekend brought more welcome news for China watchers:
✓ Sunday departures jumped by a thousand day to.....
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.....
Which Way China Travel?
A week is a long time in the China domestic travel business.
In the week before Labour Day holiday it seemed entirely possible that in the week fol.....
India: An International Recovery with a Difference
It is the case that destinations in the Middle East have always dominated international flights from India.
This month, and with a recovery record .....
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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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.....
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.....
Air4casts Launches the China Domestic Module
Have you tried our new ChinaDomestic module?
The new ChinaDomestic module has been developed by Air4casts in response to the need for fast and accu.....
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.....
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 .....
Domestic Passenger Forecast; June Update
Air4casts examines the top terminals in June for both international and domestic passenger departures.
Throughout the pandemic there have b.....
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.....
US Internationals Strongly Ahead in April
The 162 US airports reporting their April international traffic numbers are showing an increase in numbers of almost 18% points compared wit.....
May Forecast Update
The latest May forecasts for 1500 airports have today been uploaded to client sites. Today's Air4casts bulletin examines the outlook by region.....
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.
&.....
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.....
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:
✓ undoubtedl.....
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 condition.....
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.....
November Departures Give Grounds for Optimism, Europe Apart
International departures for the first two weeks of this month do confirm that, in five out of the six regions of the world, a recovery is under w.....
Covid Plays Havoc with Airport Rankings
Today’s Air4casts bulletin assesses the July air passenger performance of the world’s two largest economies.
All data comes direct from.....
August Air Traffic
Today's Air4casts bulletin reports on some good news for international air travel in August and early September. The data comes directly from the .....
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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One Step Forwards, Another Step Backwards
With today’s May nowcast showing an almost 94% reduction in international air passenger traffic versus last year, today’s Air4casts bullet.....
Daily Updated Coronvirus Travel Forecasts
A 1000 strong International airport Database dedicated to the impact of the Coronavirus.