Covid-19

Majority of January Airports ahead of 2019

by Susan Kennedy|22 February 202422 February 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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.....

Forecast Update May 2023

by Ian Robinson|09 May 202309 May 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The pace of recovery, and especially in Asia/Pacific, is certainly accelerating as the forecast to forecast comparison indicates: ✓.....

Forecast Update March 2023

by Sarah Robinson|09 March 202309 March 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

This month’s forecast revision indicates an acceleration in the rates of recovery when compared with the outlook produced a month ago. .....

Latin American Airports Smash 2019 Results

by Jane Robinson|27 February 202327 February 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

833 airports have so far declared their January 2023 passenger actuals and together they cover 85% of expected global traffic for the month. .....

Forecast Update February 2023

by Ian Robinson|07 February 202307 February 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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.....

2023 China Passenger Forecast

by Ian Robinson|16 January 202316 January 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The first of the monthly updated 2023 forecast sets has today been uploaded to client sites. CHINA FOCUS Necessarily a focus of interest.....

2023 International Passenger Forecast

by Sarah Robinson|07 December 202207 December 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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

by Jane Robinson|24 November 202224 November 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Continuing this week’s Air4casts is reporting on five important traffic indicators with the third in the series: Daily Domestic Travel - Read.....

Changes in China Policy; Watch Out for Five Indicators

by Ian Robinson|22 November 202222 November 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

For the next four days Air4casts will be exploring five important traffic indicators which, taken together and separately, may be interpreted as indic.....

Japan’s Changing Airport Nationality Mix

by Sarah Robinson|02 October 202202 October 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

From 11 October foreign tourists will again be able to visit Japan without a visa and without using a travel agency. Today’s Air4casts bulletin .....

The Recovery in Asia/Pacific

by Emma Robinson|26 September 202226 September 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

In the month of August international passenger numbers across all available airports in Asia/Pacific stood at 32% of the August 2019 level, up from 11.....

The Global Recovery: International Passengers

by Emma Robinson|05 September 202205 September 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

August data confirms the slowdown in the post Covid recovery: ✓ internationals started the year on just 39% of 2019 ✓ last mo.....

China’s Domestic Air Traffic Down 40%

by Sarah Robinson|02 September 202202 September 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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

by Jane Robinson|26 August 202226 August 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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.....

July Forecast Review

by Ian Robinson|06 July 202206 July 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

This forecast, for both 2022 and 2023, is below the projection generated a month ago. Of itself this is of importance but perhaps of more importance i.....

China Domestics: Good Weekend News

by Ian Robinson|04 July 202204 July 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Domestic flight departures this weekend brought more welcome news for China watchers: ✓ Sunday departures jumped by a thousand day to.....

China’s June Revival

by Sarah Robinson|15 June 202215 June 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

After 3 months of rapid decline China’s domestic air travel market is beginning to emerge from its lockdown induced torpor. Daily d.....

June Forecast Update

by Ian Robinson|06 June 202206 June 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Subscriber interest this month is likely to be focused on airports in the Western Hemisphere since there is an inevitable acceptance among subscribers.....

Asia/Pacific April International Recovery Index

by Sarah Robinson|30 May 202230 May 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Hard evidence for an international recovery across airports in Asia/Pacific is growing monthly. The market is two-speed: ✓ in the .....

The European Recovery Gathers Pace

by Sarah Robinson|16 May 202216 May 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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.....

Which Way China Travel?

by Sarah Robinson|05 May 202205 May 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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.....

China Traffic Woes Accumulate

by Sarah Robinson|06 April 202206 April 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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.....

A Week is a Long Time in the Travel Business

by Ian Robinson|03 December 202103 December 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

There is a tiny body of executives within the the subscriber community which is exercised by changes to the forecasts. Perhaps missing the point that .....

Unleashing the Leisure Traveller Boom

by Ian Robinson|19 July 202119 July 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

125 European international airports have so far declared their actual departures and arrivals for June and the increase they demonstrate over the .....

Top Departure Terminals in June

by Sarah Robinson|14 June 202114 June 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Air4casts examines the top terminals in June for both international and domestic passenger departures. Throughout the pandemic there have b.....

March Latest Actuals

by Emma Robinson|30 April 202130 April 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Air4casts has, to date, recorded March passenger actuals from 550 airports around the world which, for the moment is dominated by China whose mass.....

Chinese Air PAX up 745% in 15 Days

by Sarah Robinson|02 March 202102 March 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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.....

Covid-19; the Second Wave and Travel Retail

by Susan Kennedy|07 December 202007 December 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

While not entirely a European phenomenon, it is evident also in the USA, in some countries of Latin America and now in South Korea, the second wav.....

September Air Departures Show Dramatic Shifts

by Jane Robinson|03 November 202003 November 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Today’s Air4casts bulletin examines the prospects for domestic and international air travel in light of the latest September airport passenger d.....

Middle East October Latest: Strong Growth

by Sarah Robinson|22 October 202022 October 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Internationals in October: flight data which is available for the first three weeks of the month, indicates a 22% point September to October increase .....

Asia/Pacific - Good News from India in the October Internationals

by Emma Robinson|21 October 202021 October 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Daily international flight departures for the first two weeks in October show really encouraging increases for India: ✓ for the mon.....

US International Air Departures on the Rise Again

by Ian Robinson|14 October 202014 October 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

September international air passenger traffic from every US airport is now available to Air4casts and it is showing the lowest rate of decline since t.....

Covid Plays Havoc with Airport Rankings

by Sarah Robinson|02 October 202002 October 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Today’s Air4casts bulletin assesses the July air passenger performance of the world’s two largest economies. All data comes direct from.....

Hainan and Its Best Seven Days

by Ian Robinson|29 September 202029 September 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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 in September

by Jane Robinson|18 September 202018 September 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

A slowdown is entirely to be expected as passenger numbers signal the end of the summer season. In a normal year the movement from August t.....

US August Internationals Up 24% on July

by Sarah Robinson|15 September 202015 September 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The US August data set is a substantial 159 international airports. It indicates that the recovery which was well under way in July has now.....

The Hainan Misconception

by Sarah Robinson|03 September 202003 September 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

It is sometimes assumed by Travel Retail executives that the bulk of visitors to Hainan Island arrive by air. This is a misconception. Hain.....

Last Week: European Recovery Continues

by Emma Robinson|25 August 202025 August 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Based on the total number of flights for airports in Europe for the week ending Friday last, the 21st August: ✓ departures and arrivals had recov.....

July Internationals; Top 10 Reporting Airports

by Ian Robinson|22 August 202022 August 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

July’s top ten international PAX performers are, without exception, European for the reasons that: ✓ there is a recovery of sorts get.....

July Passenger Actuals Double in a Month

by Sarah Robinson|21 August 202021 August 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

July passenger actuals for 288 airports, covering both international and domestic passenger flows, are now available on the Air4casts’ servers.....