The number of scheduled seats has grown at the year’s end. We currently count 82 million scheduled seats per week, which is a 7% increase compared to the previous month. Furthermore, if we compare this week to the same week in December 2020, we can observe a rise of 33%.
Following a brief rise at the start of the month, Africa’s capacity numbers have again fallen. We now observe 2 million scheduled seats per week, a 4.5% decline compared to the beginning of December. Nonetheless, this is still a 31% increase compared to last year’s same week.
After a sudden growth at the beginning of the month, Asia’s capacity figures have decreased once more. At the moment, there are 30.9 million scheduled seats per week. Interestingly, this represents only a nominal 1% increase compared to last year’s same week.
The number of scheduled seats per week in Europe has been consistently rising throughout the end of 2021. It currently counts 18 million weekly scheduled seats, a 6% growth compared to November’s last drop in numbers. Comparing this to last year’s same week, we notice a massive increase of 108%.
With 24 million weekly scheduled seats, North America’s capacity figures have surged and are now at their highest since March 2020. Moreover, compared to last year’s same week, we observe a substantial 46% increase.
Oceania’s capacity numbers have skyrocketed, totalling 2 million scheduled seats per week at the end of December 2021. Compared to the start of the month, this jump represents a colossal 58% increase. It is also interesting to compare this week with the same week in 2020, as we notice a rise of 57%.
South America’s capacity numbers have stagnated, as the number of scheduled seats per week persists at 4.6 million throughout the month. Nonetheless, we observe a 46% rise compared to the same week in December 2020.