IBA, a leading aviation market intelligence and consultancy company, has published its monthly Aviation Industry Barometer for December 2022, showing that global passenger capacity reached 82% of pre-pandemic levels.
Data from IBA's Insight platform reveals that the Asia Pacific region continues to lag behind global capacity, whereas most regions are now within 90-100% of pre-pandemic levels.
Using data from IBA Insight, the Aviation Industry Barometer for December 2022 reveals that overall, there were approximately 2.33 million commercial passenger flights in December 2022, compared to 2.20 million in November 2022, while 2.13 million flights were recorded in December 2021.
Asia Pacific flight capacity stood at 62% of 2019 levels during December 2022. IBA believes that the removal of China's zero-COVID policy restrictions should spur the APAC region's capacity recovery during the first quarter of 2023 and allow global capacity to reach pre-pandemic levels sooner than previously anticipated.
Monthly global passenger capacity reached 82% of pre-pandemic available seat kilometres (ASKs) in December 2022 – an improvement of 13% compared to January 2022.
There were 217 commercial aircraft deliveries in December 2022, representing a month-on-month increase of 71% compared to November 2022 and a year-on-year gain of 43% compared to December 2021.
