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Hainan Year of the Rabbit Travel Just 13% Below 2019…and Catching up Fast

by Jane Robinson|20 January 202320 January 2023| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

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.....

A Week is a Long Time in the Travel Business

by Ian Robinson|03 December 202103 December 2021| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

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 .....

Global June/July Growth Hits 44%

by Emma Robinson|31 August 202131 August 2021| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

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.....

September Air Departures Show Dramatic Shifts

by Jane Robinson|03 November 202003 November 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

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

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

by Emma Robinson|21 October 202021 October 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

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| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

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.....

Asia/Pacific Travel Outlook

by Emma Robinson|16 September 202016 September 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Today's Air4casts Recovery Briefing video looks at the Asia/Pacific region. Jane Robinson presents the latest data from Hainan Island, includin.....

July Passenger Actuals Double in a Month

by Sarah Robinson|21 August 202021 August 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

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

Tracking Daily Air Traveller Numbers in the USA

by Emma Robinson|19 August 202019 August 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Today's Chart of the Day from Air4casts examines the daily air passenger count across US airports. Passenger departures are running at a significa.....

Eurotunnel Rapidly Improves Performance

by Ian Robinson|17 August 202017 August 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Today's Chart of the Day from Air4casts examines the latest monthly passenger vehicle statistics from Eurotunnel. They show a rapid return to leve.....

Europe’s Daily Air Traffic Rallies

by Sarah Robinson|14 August 202014 August 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

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

by Sarah Robinson|21 July 202021 July 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

On Thursday last we reported the good news that Hainan’s travel numbers were progressing steadily week on week. Today's bulletin goes fur.....

Hainan: Impressive July Performance

by Emma Robinson|16 July 202016 July 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

With Hainan Island’s duty free shopping spend in the first week of July reaching USD 64 million, Air4casts examines the latest July travel trend.....

USA Independence Day Travel Down 80%

by Jane Robinson|08 July 202008 July 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Daily air passenger numbers from the USA show a significantly less rosy reality than forward bookings suggested in the run-up to the vacation. &nbs.....

Domestic Air Travel Leads the Way in May

by Ian Robinson|30 June 202030 June 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

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.....

China Retail Sales; The Phenomenon of Revenge Shopping

by Ian Robinson|03 June 202003 June 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

April data for Retail Sales in China, not Travel Retail sales, shows that while a sort of recovery is continuing, expenditure levels are still down on.....

Recovery Forecasts; The European Summer Season

by Sarah Robinson|29 May 202029 May 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

With governments working hard to establish safe air corridors to allow tourists to travel to their summer destinations, and with Ryanair announcing a .....

China International Recovery Setback

by Emma Robinson|28 May 202028 May 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

In response to announcements by national airlines that they intended a rapid return to fuller international schedules, the Chinese Civil Aviation Auth.....

China Recovery Watch; May Day Holiday Air Travel Performance

by Emma Robinson|07 May 202007 May 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Daily travel data just released from the Chinese government pinpoints what actually happened over the May Day holiday period. The focus is .....

Spain; What a Difference a Month Makes

by Jane Robinson|30 April 202030 April 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

One of the most international tourist destinations in Europe, Spain is no exception to the April rule: air travel is as near to zero as makes no diffe.....

South Korea in April: A Single Bright Spot

by Sarah Robinson|29 April 202029 April 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Airport passenger actuals for the period ending 28 April do not yet quite complete the month but they are a sufficient indicator of the present state .....

China Recovery Watch; May Day Recovery Good News

by Emma Robinson|27 April 202027 April 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Data just released by Ctrip confirms the expected/hoped for boost in travel demand. It goes without saying that the continuing limita.....

China Recovery Watching

by Sarah Robinson|19 April 202019 April 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Today's Air4casts bulletin analyses the domestic and international March airport passenger counts from China's top airports. .....

One Step Forwards, Another Step Backwards

by Ian Robinson|07 April 202007 April 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

With today’s May nowcast showing an almost 94% reduction in international air passenger traffic versus last year, today’s Air4casts bullet.....

China Domestic Recovery Underway

by Jane Robinson|31 March 202031 March 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

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

by Ian Robinson|24 March 202024 March 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

For the past two months Air4casts has measured the effect of all the travel restrictions, flight cancellations and border closures on the internationa.....