Global airline capacity this week is up 3.5 percent compared with last week, with nearly 56 million seats on global flight schedules this week, according to OAG.
Carriers in Northeast Asia have the highest capacity growth this week, with 1.1 million seats added compared with last week. Capacity in Japan alone is up 9 percent week over week, as Japan Airlines has added about 140,000 seats, largely domestic. Western European carriers added about 400,000 seats week over week, OAG indicated.
Among individual carriers, the largest capacity growths this week include: EasyJet, up 53 percent week over week; Air India, up 29 percent week over week; and British Airways, up 21 percent week over week. In all, 634 of 709 carriers that were operating in January have resumed some level of service, according to OAG.
Overall, however, 10 regional markets are still operating at 40 percent or less of their pre-Covid-19 capacity levels, particularly within Africa and Latin America, OAG indicated. The lowest levels of recovery at this point are in Southern Africa, with only 13 percent of mid-January's capacity level currently operating, and Upper South America, with only 12 percent currently operating.