The impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. aviation market reached its peak in May 2020, when capacity was down almost 76 percent compared to the same month in 2019. In December 2021, the U.S. aviation was still 11.8 percent behind the capacity it had in December 2019. On the other hand, Mexico closed the year close to 2019 levels.
Year-on-year capacity change of airlines from January 2020 to December 2021, by country
(compared to same month in 2019)
Characteristic
U.S.
China
India
Russia
Japan
Indonesia
Spain
Brazil
Mexico
Turkey
Germany
Italy
UK
France
Australia
Dec '21
-11.8%
-13.1%
-12.9%
-9.1%
-36.9%
-45.4%
-15.9%
-15.1%
-0.6%
-17.1%
-39.8%
-18.9%
-34.6%
-22.9%
-41.4%
Nov '21
-10.4%
-19.4%
-15.2%
-6.6%
-42.4%
-59.7%
-20.8%
-18.8%
-3.6%
-18.4%
-40.2%
-20.5%
-38.8%
-24%
-64.5%
Oct '21
-13.8%
-6%
-22%
-1.9%
-49%
-51.3%
-25.1%
-26.9%
-6.7%
-13.7%
-43.6%
-28.9%
-43.6%
-35%
-73.6%
Sep '21
-14.5%
-6.8%
-23.6%
1.4%
-51.7%
-53.4%
-28%
-28.2%
-8.8%
-16.7%
-48.1%
-30.2%
-49.7%
-68.7%
-74%
Aug '21
-15.6%
-23.2%
-27.2%
0.8%
-49.4%
-60.3%
-25.5%
-31.5%
-7.7%
-4.6%
-48.3%
-25.3%
-56.4%
-31.3%
-72.5%
Jul '21
-16%
5.7%
-38.5%
0.7%
-53.6%
-55.1%
-31.8%
-34.8%
-10.9%
-17.1%
-53.1%
-34.3%
-66.7%
-37.2%
-56%
Jun '21
-19.5%
1%
-51.1%
0.3%
-59.7%
-36.2%
-53.9%
-44.4%
-15.5%
-38.1%
-70.1%
-55.1%
-77.6%
-58.1%
-34.7%
May '21
-27.2%
8.7%
-44.9%
-9.6%
-56.9%
-44.4%
-68.2%
-54.4%
-17.5%
-57%
-79.2%
-75.8%
-85.3%
-70.4%
-32.8%
Apr '21
-31.2%
5.5%
-19.3%
-18.3%
-51%
-31.6%
-75.5%
-61.3%
-21.6%
-45.7%
-81%
-77.8%
-89.8%
-76%
-36.5%
Mar '21
-34.4%
5.7%
-20.8%
-26.8%
-57.9%
-24.7%
-78.1%
-49.8%
-28.1%
-45.7%
-84.9%
-83.1%
-90.3%
-74.5%
-46.8%
Feb '21
-41.8%
-26.9%
-26.2%
-31.9%
-53.3%
-33.6%
-79%
-43.2%
-23.5%
-51.8%
-87.3%
-85.3%
-89.5%
-70.2%
-59%
Jan '21
-42.3%
-8.3%
-29.8%
-29.9%
-46.3%
-32.8%
-70.4%
-35.1%
-20.9%
-54.4%
-82.9%
-79.2%
-82%
-64.2%
-61%
Dec '20
-43.2%
-4.2%
-36.9%
-33.3%
-42.7%
-26.1%
-67.2%
-38.4%
-28.6%
-53%
-80.2%
-75.7%
-75.6%
-66.7%
-54.3%
Nov '20
-42.7%
-3.6%
-44.1%
-36.9%
-44.5%
-35.4%
-72.5%
-44%
-32.2%
-48%
-79.5%
-73.4%
-81%
-75%
-74.4%
Oct '20
-48.6%
-1.1%
-47.6%
-26.2%
-46.4%
-40.1%
-67.5%
-51.4%
-38.6%
-46%
-70.1%
-62.1%
-67.6%
-61.4%
-79.1%
Sep '20
-51.5%
-4.4%
-54.7%
-23.8%
-46.7%
-37.4%
-61.1%
-60.1%
-41.1%
-46.6%
-67%
-59%
-65.1%
-56%
-80.9%
Aug '20
-48%
-9.4%
-62.3%
-23.2%
-39.4%
-35.1%
-46.2%
-71.1%
-50.5%
-47.7%
-64%
-49.7%
-92.3%
-49.8%
-82.2%
Jul '20
-52%
-17%
-57.1%
-35.6%
-43%
-43.2%
-64.5%
-78.1%
-51.8%
-61.1%
-72.1%
-65.2%
-77.6%
-64%
-82.4%
Jun '20
-68.7%
-22%
-69.1%
-52.2%
-49%
-40.8%
-91%
-86.2%
-64%
-75%
-87.7%
-8.9%
-89.5%
-88.4%
-87.3%
May '20
-75.9%
-31.2%
-53.8%
-64.8%
-49.6%
-31.6%
-87%
-91.7%
-83.5%
-93.9%
-90%
-75.9%
-85.9%
-91.9%
-90.7%
Apr '20
-55%
-45.9%
-65.6%
-56.1%
-46%
-21.3%
-93%
-91%
-57.2%
-89.5%
-92.5%
-85.8%
-89.9%
-91.2%
-87.5%
Mar '20
-1.2%
-41.5%
0.7%
-4.7%
-18.6%
8%
-26.6%
-7.4%
0.1%
-25.7%
-33.6%
-48.6%
-22.6%
-19.1%
-10.6%
Feb '20
5.9%
-50%
9.5%
7%
0.6%
10.9%
2.3%
2.4%
11.6%
-0.4%
-2.6%
0%
0.9%
4.6%
0.4%
Jan '20
2.8%
7.2%
3.4%
3.5%
3.7%
6.7%
-2.7%
0.6%
8.2%
-2.1%
-5.3%
-1.4%
-2.3%
1%
-0.7%
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OAG. (January 19, 2022). Year-on-year capacity change of airlines from January 2020 to December 2021, by country (compared to same month in 2019) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1286492/monthly-capacity-change-airlines-country-covid19/
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