Covid -19 Recovery

Webinars

Sunshine Ahead: Do Summer Schedules Point To Good Times?

Will This Summer Be a Profitable One For Airlines? Looking ahead to the summer ...

15 March 2023

By OAG

Webinars

Connectivity - Where Next?

How have Airline Networks Changed Post-Covid? John Grant, OAG's Chief Analyst ...

15 February 2023

By OAG

Webinars

Unlocking Global Travel - Is China the Key?

What does the future hold after China's re-opening? In our first webinar of ...

17 January 2023

By OAG

OAG-Blog

New Year, New Hope, Despite Challenges Ahead in 2023

A new year is here and hopefully the travel recovery will continue through the ...

03 January 2023

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

An Overview of Airline Capacity from 2019-2022 as the Travel Recovery Continues

This week we are going to take a look at total airline capacity across the ...

19 December 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Airports See a Ten-Fold Increase in Flight Cancellations as Snow Hits Europe

China is back! Well at least for this week, which highlights how quickly ...

13 December 2022

By John Grant

Webinars

The New Normal: Managing Uncertainty

What are the expectations for the airline industry in 2023? Our last webinar of ...

13 December 2022

By OAG

OAG-Blog

Seat Capacity Set to Finish 31% Up on 2021 & France's Short-Haul Own Goal Gives Hope to England

Judging by the way that airlines are moving capacity up and down over the next ...

05 December 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

US Airlines Deliver a Punctual Thanksgiving for Travelers

Airline Capacity Rises Above 90 Million Again Global airline capacity has once ...

28 November 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

US Airlines Cut One Million Seats for Thanksgiving

The dizzy heights of summer when global capacity was over 100 million seats a ...

21 November 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Keep it Quiet...Has the Airline Industry Finally Stabilised?

It may seem like a quiet period for the aviation industry with global airline ...

14 November 2022

By John Grant

Webinars

Back to Black: Airline Passengers Return, but have Profits?

Does Airline Capacity Growth Reflect Financial Performance? Our latest webinar, ...

11 November 2022

By OAG

OAG-Blog

North America Full Travel Recovery Within Touching Distance

Returning to work after a two-week holiday and it’s good to know that at least ...

07 November 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Cautious Optimism as Airlines Approach the Challenging Winter Season

So here we are, it’s officially the winter season, although the temperatures in ...

02 November 2022

By Deirdre Fulton

OAG-Blog

Winter Season Beckons: How Is Airline Capacity Shaping Up?

The winter season is nearly upon us and we are doing our best to shake off the ...

25 October 2022

By Deirdre Fulton

OAG-Blog

2022 Scheduled Airline Capacity Predicted to Reach 87% of 2019 Level

As the second quarter financial results for airlines begin to be finalised, for ...

17 October 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Chinese Airline Capacity Bounces Back ... The Rest of the World Enjoys a Week of Stability

Global airline capacity has bounced back as a combination of both lockdowns in ...

11 October 2022

By John Grant

Webinars

Megahubs 2022 Recovery and Resilience

Has Covid-19 Changed the World's Largest Airport Hubs? This month our experts ...

06 October 2022

By OAG

OAG-Blog

Central Asia Outperforms Its Pre-Pandemic Levels

Global airline capacity continues its steady descent, having passed back ...

04 October 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

A Good News Week In Asia As More Markets Open... But Cancellation Rates for Some Are Edging Up

Three pieces of good news broke in Asia last week that, although not providing ...

29 September 2022

By John Grant

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Julian Roberts, President and CEO at Pascan Aviation

In this podcast, John Grant talks to Julian Roberts, President and CEO at ...

22 September 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

A Quiet Reflective Week of Capacity Changes - Aviation Boost in North East Asia as Japan Reopens

The latest reopening of some commercial centres in China has resulted in a ...

21 September 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Recovery in Most Regions Continues, Airline Capacity Below 100 Million Due to Latest Lockdown in China

After the summer season of 100 million seats plus a week, global airline ...

05 September 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

British Airways Remove Half a Million Seats from Q4

Is This the Last Week of 100 Million Weekly Scheduled Seats? Although global ...

31 August 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Airlines Increasingly Cautious About Winter Season

Another week of more than 102 million scheduled seats makes this the eighth ...

22 August 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Western Europe Becomes Largest Regional Market

There are some interesting movements in the weekly capacity update from OAG, ...

15 August 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

UK Cancellation Rates Fall and India is Fastest Growing Market

One thing we learned throughout the pandemic is that when you think things are ...

08 August 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Capacity is Coming Home as Latest Cancellation Rates Prove a Mixed Bag

A modest half a million more seats week on week once again takes global ...

03 August 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

South East Asia Bounces Back as Airline Cancellation Rates Continue To Fall in Europe

For the second consecutive week, global airline capacity has eased back with a ...

25 July 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Are Flight Cancellation Rates Improving as the Holiday Season Starts?

Despite some airports capping airline capacity without consultation in the last ...

19 July 2022

By John Grant

Webinars

The Outlook for International Air Travel in 2022

Market Share and Prospects for the Remainder of 2022 This month our experts ...

14 July 2022

By OAG

OAG-Blog

Airlines Face Half Billion Revenue Gap as London Heathrow Restricts Capacity

It came as no surprise that London Heathrow would have to take action on the ...

12 July 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Cancellations Settling Across Europe as Airline Capacity Cuts Kick In

Confidence Building in China With Airbus Order This week saw several airlines ...

11 July 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

100 Million Seats Mark Finally Broken

Airlines Continue to Rebuild Capacity For the first time since January 2019, ...

04 July 2022

By John Grant

Podcasts

On Air: in conversation with Brent Hill, CEO at Tourism Fiji

With the global recovery well underway it's noticeable how many destinations ...

28 June 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

The Airbus A380 Gets Ready To Roll Out Again and Capacity Edges to 100 Million

This week’s airline capacity has settled at 99.9 million seats - so close and ...

27 June 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

A Boost for Aviation in China

USD 22 Billion in Emergency Loans for Aviation Chinese aviation has been given ...

21 June 2022

By Becca Rowland

OAG-Blog

North East Asia Sees Growth as China Adds Seats

As temperatures continue to soar in Europe, airline capacity has followed ...

20 June 2022

By John Grant

Webinars

Realizing Potential - Regions Reaching Recovery

Why smaller markets are already exceeding 2019 levels of air service. Our ...

15 June 2022

By OAG

OAG-Blog

100 Million Seats a Week by Mid-July

Rather like an English batsman stuck in the nervous nineties, global airline ...

13 June 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Steady Aviation Growth Continues Amid Travel Chaos

Global airline capacity bounces back this week with airlines scheduling 95.2m ...

07 June 2022

By Deirdre Fulton

OAG-Blog

Europe: All Set for a Busy Summer of Travel

Having failed to secure himself an invitation to the Queen’s Jubilee party this ...

30 May 2022

By Deirdre Fulton

OAG-Blog

Western Europe Becomes the Largest Market in the World

It has been a disappointing week for global airline capacity as total seats ...

23 May 2022

By John Grant

Webinars

Airports Connectivity After the Pandemic

Which Airports Have Suffered the Most? Deirdre Fulton, Partner, Midas ...

18 May 2022

By OAG

OAG-Blog

London Heathrow is the World’s Busiest International Airport This Week

Total scheduled airline seats this week remains above the 90 million mark, a ...

16 May 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

12 August Set Up as Busiest Day for Airline Capacity

As We Hit 90 Million Seats… Shortages Create an Ongoing Challenge

10 May 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Qantas Unveils Record-Breaking Project Sunrise Flights As Travel Recovery Gathers More Pace

It all happened at the weekend. Qantas finally confirmed Project Sunrise with a ...

03 May 2022

By John Grant

Webinars

Tipping Point: Has Travel Confidence Returned?

What are the indicators and what is the outlook ?

27 April 2022

By OAG

OAG-Blog

More Restriction-Free Travel Destinations Join the Path to Recovery

Chinese Airline Capacity Begins to Rebuild As travel restrictions continue to ...

25 April 2022

By John Grant

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Campbell Wilson, CEO at Scoot Airlines

On this episode of OAG On Air, Campbell Wilson - CEO at Scoot, a Singaporean ...

25 April 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Airline Response to COVID-19 Outbreaks in China

Observing, as we do at OAG, the changes in global airline capacity week by week ...

21 April 2022

By Becca Rowland

OAG-Blog

Positive Developments for the Aviation Industry & Global Airline Capacity Edges Closer to 90 Million

Last week we reported on a challenging week for the aviation industry as ...

19 April 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

A Bumpy Week for Aviation as Resource Shortages Impact Travel

It was never going to be a straightforward recovery from the global pandemic ...

12 April 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

European Airlines Lead First Quarter Recovery: Three Regions Now Above 2019 Capacity Levels

As we finish the first quarter of the year, global capacity has remained above ...

04 April 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Transatlantic Travel Recovery Gathers Pace - American Airlines Bookings Lead the Way

Tracking airline capacity has, for a long time, been the best measure of what ...

30 March 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Airlines Spring Back Into Action - The Good, Bad and Ugly Parts of the Air Travel Recovery…

The first week of the season is like a typical April day, a bit of sunshine, ...

29 March 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

The Last Week of Winter: Forward Airline Capacity Looks Bright and Forward Travel Bookings Look Even Brighter…

As another Northern Hemisphere Winter Season draws to a close, this week’s ...

22 March 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Global Airline Capacity Continues Its Recovery

Two years ago, global airline capacity fell off a cliff; 21 million seats were ...

15 March 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Global Airline Capacity Overview

These are challenging times for the world and there are more important ...

08 March 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Ukraine Crisis Brings More Challenges for Airlines Despite Global Recovery Signs

The last week’s events in Europe have been deeply concerning for an industry ...

28 February 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

London Heathrow and the Problem of Not Being Able To Move

It’s been a very tough few years for the whole aviation industry and much of ...

23 February 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Major European Markets Double in Size as Storm Eunice Hits

The last two years have challenged the airline industry in so many different ...

21 February 2022

By John Grant

Webinars

Zero to Hero: Successful Network Experimentation by Airlines

How have strategies been adjusted throughout Covid-19.

16 February 2022

By OAG

OAG-Blog

Low-Cost Carriers in Pole Position - How Adversity Has Led to Opportunity

One of the lessons from the global pandemic was never to miss an opportunity in ...

16 February 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Changing the Rules - Stringency Index Highlights Impact on Air Travel

The many re-formulations of travel restrictions that have been imposed by ...

10 February 2022

By Becca Rowland

OAG-Blog

Olympian Capacity Recovery in China Takes Gold

Increasing Signs of Recovery in All Markets Global airline capacity has bounced ...

07 February 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Ryanair and EasyJet Bring Back Significant Capacity in Europe

Global Capacity Melts As China Prepares For Winter Olympics In normal times ...

31 January 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Two Years On: Hope Is Omicron Impact Has Bottomed Out, as Brighter April Looms

Every week for the last two years we have been providing a weekly update on the ...

24 January 2022

By John Grant

Webinars

Triggering Change: Factors driving air travel in 2022

What are the four conditions needed to enable further air travel?

19 January 2022

By OAG

OAG-Blog

33 Million Seats Dropped in Two Weeks

Airline capacity continues to fall as Omicron spreads with 33 million seats now ...

17 January 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

January Aftershock: Airline Market Continues to Weather Omicron

Global airline capacity has fallen this week as the impact of travel ...

10 January 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

2021 Global Airline Capacity Finished at 5.7 Billion, 35% Down on Pre-COVID Levels

The devil really is in the data this week, or to be more precise it is behind ...

04 January 2022

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

US Market Recovery Edging Closer

OAG has been tracking airline capacity in the United States closely for a ...

23 December 2021

By Becca Rowland

OAG-Blog

Passenger Bookings & Load Factors: Every Summer has a Story

Seats are not the same as passengers and just because aircraft fly, doesn’t ...

21 December 2021

By Becca Rowland

OAG-Blog

Capacity Grows Again this Week as a Final Present for the Year and Quarter One 2022 is not Looking too Bad… Yet!

It feels a bit like Groundhog Day, or perhaps week or IATA season, as we close ...

20 December 2021

By John Grant

Webinars

Aviation Turbulence : reviewing 2021 and looking ahead to 2022

Reviewing 2021 and taking stock for 2022 and beyond

17 December 2021

By OAG

OAG-Blog

Mixed Messages Ahead of the Seasonal Holidays

On the face of it, the data looks slightly positive this week with capacity ...

13 December 2021

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

The Vaccine Gap: Will Unvaccinated Population Reduce Potential for Aviation Recovery?

What we mean by an Aviation Recovery As we get towards the end of 2021 and ...

08 December 2021

By Becca Rowland

OAG-Blog

Airline Capacity Remains Stable as Omicron Provokes Hasty Responses From Governments

Despite the best attempts of the latest Covid-19 variant 'Omicron', and a ...

06 December 2021

By John Grant

Webinars

Australia Reconnects - How strong could the recovery be?

Insight and analysis for the Southwest Pacific region John Grant, Chief Analyst ...

01 December 2021

By OAG

OAG-Blog

Can Test & Go Reboot Thailand's Tourism?

There’s no doubt that Thailand’s tourism industry has suffered as a result of ...

30 November 2021

By Becca Rowland

OAG-Blog

No Significant Impact From Omicron Variant on Scheduled Flights To Report...

Network Planning as Usual for Airlines ... At Least for Now It was always going ...

29 November 2021

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

New Covid Variant 'Omicron': Airline Stocks Impacted but no Need for Panic

The overnight news of a new covid variant of concern, Omicron, discovered by ...

26 November 2021

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Global Airline Capacity Becomes Becalmed Ahead of Thanksgiving

If last week was busy with IATA Slot, the Dubai Air Show and new aircraft ...

22 November 2021

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

New Aircraft Orders and Borders Reopening, But Global Airline Capacity Remains Flat, At Least For Now...

A busy week for the aviation industry sees the good and great meeting at the ...

15 November 2021

By John Grant

Webinars

SE Asia - Rebuilding International Growth

When will international travel find its way back?

11 November 2021

By OAG

OAG-Blog

Escaping the Scandinavian Winter: Hotspots and Future Travel Bookings

There’s daylight for less than six hours a day in the middle of winter in Oslo. ...

09 November 2021

By Becca Rowland

OAG-Blog

The World’s Richest Market Finally Reopens!

A Welcome Injection of US$ 2.8 Billion For Transatlantic Carriers After more ...

08 November 2021

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Delta’s Bigger Planes: Chasing Consumer Taste for More Space

Over the past six months there have been numerous articles extolling the ...

03 November 2021

By Becca Rowland

OAG-Blog

Winter Brings Good News With Markets Reopening and New Routes Starting!

As the IATA Winter Season starts there is plenty of good news around the globe ...

01 November 2021

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Tracking the Aviation Recovery: Summer Is Over and the Winter Looks Much Better

The last week of the 2021 summer season brings the usual mix of changes in ...

25 October 2021

By John Grant

Webinars

Is a sustainable recovery on its way?

What does this mean for the aviation industry?

20 October 2021

By OAG

OAG-Blog

Positivity Soars as Travel Markets Reopen but Airlines Remain Cautious

It seems that everything is positive for the aviation industry this week as ...

18 October 2021

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

U.S. Holiday Travel Outlook: Vaccine Passports and Limited Capacity

It’s no doubt that holiday and winter travel will look different this year. But ...

13 October 2021

By OAG

OAG-Blog

Increasing Positivity Around the Globe as Key Indicators Improve

The last seven days have felt like things are beginning to get back to some ...

11 October 2021

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Airline Capacity Grows to Year End as Confidence Rebuilds

As the IAGA AGM commences today, there is an increasing feeling that the global ...

04 October 2021

By John Grant

OAG-Blog

Russian Recovery: What is Driving the Rise in Russian Air Travel?

For ten of the past thirteen weeks, scheduled airline capacity from Russian ...

30 September 2021

By Becca Rowland

OAG-Blog

Scheduled Airlines Respond to the Reopening of the Transatlantic Market

The Transatlantic Aviation Market Reopens in November and Scheduled Airlines ...

27 September 2021

By John Grant

Webinars

Air Travel Demand Remains Soft

What can we expect this Winter?

15 September 2021

By OAG

Webinars

How to Manage Supply as Air Travel Demand Picks up

This month we review the twists and turns of this industry as we head towards a ...

14 July 2021

By OAG

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Gregg Brunson-Pitts, Founder & President at Advanced Aviation Team

In this latest podcast, John Grant talks to Gregg Brunson-Pitts who is Founder ...

24 June 2021

By John Grant

Webinars

How are Airlines Getting their Fleet Ready for Recovery

What are the different approaches airlines are taking to keeping their fleet on ...

16 June 2021

By OAG

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Lara Maughan, Head of Worldwide Airport Slots at IATA

Lara Maughan is Head of Worldwide Airport Slots at IATA, she joins John Grant ...

02 June 2021

By John Grant

Webinars

Under Pressure - How are Airports Adapting to a World of Covid-19?

The airport eco-system and how it is having to change in response to the ...

20 May 2021

By OAG

Webinars

Summer Holidays - Will They Provide the Sunshine Airlines Need?

Or it is a case of the Summertime blues? We review Q3, usually the busiest time ...

14 April 2021

By OAG

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Jonathan Savitch, Chief Commercial Officer at ATPCO

Jonathan Savitch is the Chief Commercial Officer at ATPCO, in this episode he ...

24 March 2021

By John Grant

Webinars

Survivor - What are Airlines Doing to be Ready for Recovery?

We take a deeper look at the current state of airline operations, finances and ...

18 March 2021

By OAG

Webinars

Does China Hold the Key to Air Travel Recovery

We take a deeper look at China. Having grown to become the world's largest ...

17 February 2021

By OAG

Webinars

Taking Stock, Prospects for the World's Airlines in 2021

Looking ahead to 2021. Our first webinar of 2021 takes stock of where we are at ...

21 January 2021

By OAG

Webinars

Vaccines and Vacations 2021

Open House Panel Discussion with the Experts. Our last webinar of 2020 takes ...

10 December 2020

By OAG

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Héctor Fernández, CEO at Turismo Lanzarote

In this latest On Air podcast, John Grant is joined by Héctor Fernández, CEO at ...

02 December 2020

By John Grant

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Olivier Jager, CEO at ForwardKeys

John Grant, Chief Analyst at OAG, is joined by Olivier Jager, CEO at ...

16 November 2020

By John Grant

Webinars

Where To Go?

How Should Tourism and Hospitality Respond to Changes in Air Travel? As and ...

05 November 2020

By OAG

Webinars

The Perfect Storm

Can Airlines Navigate Their Way Out? Quarantines, lockdowns, Covid-19 spikes ...

08 October 2020

By OAG

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Ben Mutzabaugh, Senior Aviation Editor at The Points Guy

John Grant, Chief Analyst at OAG, interviews Ben Mutzabaugh, Senior Aviation ...

15 September 2020

By John Grant

Webinars

Strapped for Cash

How Airlines Can Survive Winter. With summer almost gone we look at what ...

02 September 2020

By OAG

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Scott McCartney, Aviation Expert at The Wall Street Journal

In this latest episode John Grant is joined by Scott McCartney who is an ...

01 September 2020

By John Grant

Webinars

Winter is Coming

What will the next few months look like? As the northern hemisphere holiday ...

19 August 2020

By OAG

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Raúl Revuelta Musalem, CEO at Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico

John Grant is joined by Raúl Revuelta Musalem who is CEO at Grupo Aeroportuario ...

11 August 2020

By John Grant

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Mark Dunnachie, Head of Region EMEA, ATR

In our second On Air podcast John Grant, Chief Analyst at OAG talks to Mark ...

30 July 2020

By John Grant

Webinars

Matrix Reloaded

The complexity of recovery for Legacy Airlines As we remain at just 45% of the ...

22 July 2020

By OAG

Webinars

Olympic Relay and Set for Summer

For Japan, 2020 was to be a breakthrough year. Off the back of a successful ...

08 July 2020

By OAG

Webinars

Retail Evolves - OTAs Plan for the Future

A staggered restart to air travel brings with it fresh set of distribution ...

02 July 2020

By OAG

Webinars

Boom and Bust: Airline Strategies To Get Flying Again

Airlines are navigating uncharted waters and, not surprisingly, adopted some ...

24 June 2020

By OAG

Podcasts

OAG On Air: in conversation with Martin Gauss, CEO airBaltic

Welcome to the first of OAG’s On Air podcasts. In this first episode John Grant ...

23 June 2020

By John Grant

Webinars

More Than Point-to-Point: How Airlines Will Rebuild Their Networks

More Than Point-to-Point: How Airlines Will Rebuild Their Networks In this ...

10 June 2020

By OAG

Webinars

COVID-19 and Air Travel #5 - The Booking Crystal Ball

The Booking Crystal Ball: Early insights as capacity rebuilds While people ...

27 May 2020

By OAG

Webinars

COVID-19 and Air Travel #4 - Breaking out of Lockdown

BREAKING OUT OF LOCKDOWN – Who wants to go where? While people are restricted ...

14 May 2020

By OAG

Webinars

COVID-19 and Air Travel #3 - Airports at the ready

We discuss how European and American airports need to be prepared for when air ...

29 April 2020

By OAG

Webinars

A Better Tomorrow will Come: OTAs & The Road to Recovery

As and when the air markets open up, it is certain that airlines will look to ...

22 April 2020

By OAG

Webinars

Covid-19 and Air Travel #2

In response to demand of the first COVID-19 and Air Travel Webinar we hosted ...

09 April 2020

By OAG

Webinars

Covid-19 and Air Travel #1

In OAG’s latest webinar on the Covid-19 crisis and how it has affected the air ...

26 March 2020

By OAG

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