Air traffic trends: key findings m1nd-set’s 2025 Annual Fore-cast Report for global air traffic in 2025 projects that global passenger numbers will reach 4.22 billion in 2025, an increase of 8.3% on 2024 figures. The sustained growth in global passenger numbers is a key trend in the report, with m1nd-set reporting that air passenger traffic […]
Air traffic
U.S. continues air travel recovery, but still below 2019 volumes
The 18 largest U.S. airlines – which account for more than 90% of air traffic –carried 56.6 million passengers in May, up 19% over April of this year. Despite the uptick, this was still 30% below 2019 levels, the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics said last Monday. The airlines carried 27% fewer domestic passengers and […]
Americans traveled by air over Thanksgiving, despite COVID health warnings
Research undertaken by travel analytics firm ForwardKeys correctly forecast that Americans would return to the skies over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the collapse in aviation. The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 1 million airline passengers on four individual days during the Thanks-giving holiday travel period, which began Friday, Nov. […]
U.S. domestic air travel starts to rebound: best performance expected during July 4th Independence Day weekend
The United States is seeing the beginning of a rebound in domestic air travel, reports travel analytics company ForwardKeys, who expects the upcoming July 4th weekend to be a high point after the drastic drop in aviation from the coronavirus pandemic over the past four months. An analysis of new flight tickets issued between the start of […]
