VariFlight has released its latest report analyzing the global aviation operation amid COVID-19, in which the aviation data intelligence provides a deep dive into the pandemic's influences on the industry.

CARDI Analysis

By comparing the daily number of seats on flights operated in hard-hit countries and relative flight routes (rolling 7-day average) in 2019 and 2020 provided by Airsavvi , VariFlight made the CARDI (Real-time Dynamic Indicators of Novel Coronavirus Affecting Airline Operations) to quantitatively analyze the impact of the epidemic and observe real-time changes of the curve.

Mainland China

With the effective execution of anti-epidemic measures, the national outbreak is gradually being controlled, and operated domestic flights have started to rise steadily after experiencing a sustained fall. Meanwhile, international flights has dropped due to the restriction of inbound and outgoing air travel to curtail the imported coronavirus cases.

U.S.

*Transatlantic route: round trip flight between UK/Italy/Spain/Germany/France and the US Transpacific route: round trip flight between Mainland China/Hong Kong SAR/Japan/South Korea/Australia and the US

Europe

Europe has witnessed rapid seat declines due to the severe impact of the epidemic and the unprecedented lockdown of the country.

Impacts on Global Airports

Since March 16, among the TOP150 airports global, the number of airports in mainland China that have reduced flights by more than 50% year-on-year is below 20, while other countries and territories has been rising rapidly, reaching 104 on March 29, which is seven times that of mainland China.

Impacts on Major Airlines

YoY Flight Operation Changes in Major Airlines (rolling 7-day average)

This article is excerpted from COVID-19 Outbreak: Analysis of Global Aviation Operation (Updated Mar 30, 2020).