Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
James Sulak, the president of FlightAware, has come out with a statement regarding the cancellations of flights in the United States. Assuringly, he remarks that the less cancellations are happening now than the first peak of COVID-19 in 2020.
The blog reads:
"Despite a recent holiday travel period that sustained extended and widespread airline delays and cancellations, overall for 2021, US carriers tallied fewer cancellations than in pre-pandemic 2019. As the industry faced headwinds of staffing shortages, major winter storms, and the COVID Omicron variant, US carriers closed out 2021 with an overall flight cancellation rate of 1.58%, compared to 2019's rate of 1.70%. Business and private aviation thrived in 2021, steadily rising well above 2019 numbers. As the industries' recovery journey continues, 2022 already shows a 36% increase above the same time period in 2019."
Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - United States
“Weekly Average | Dec 26 - Jan 9
Flights per Day:
2022: 21,908
2021: 16,673
2020: 28,588
2019: 27,689
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +31.40%
2022 vs. 2020: -23.37%
2022 vs. 2019: -20.88%”
“Quick Stats: Commercial Airline Traffic - Worldwide
Weekly Average | Dec 26 - Jan 9
Flights per Day:
2022: 72,591
2021: 53,845
2020: 99,385
2019: 94,436
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +34.81%
2022 vs. 2020: -26.96%
2022 vs. 2019: -23.13%”
“Quick Stats: Business Aviation Traffic - United States
Weekly Average | Dec 26 - Jan 9
Flights per Day:
2022: 11,007
2021: 9,533
2020: 9,737
2019: 9,036
Year-over-year change:
2022 vs. 2021: +15.46%
2022 vs. 2020: +13.04%
2022 vs. 2019: +21.81%”
FlightAware. (n.d.). Aviation stats update: January 11, 2022. From the Flight Deck: FlightAware Blog. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://blog.flightaware.com/aviation-stats-update-01-11-2022