As principais companhias aéreas europeias têm lutado desproporcionalmente
Largely due to the trend towards domestic travel in large countries, airlines in those markets have managed to weather the COVID-19 storm better than carriers whose business has been more oriented towards short haul international travel. This is illustrated by an analysis of the top 20 airlines in 2021 compared to 2019. The major European carriers have all fallen down or out of the ranking; and they have been replaced by airlines which have substantial business in China and the US, which have been better able to maintain capacity. For example, Ryanair and easyJet, the two largest European carriers, have fallen from 5th e 8th position respectively, to 7th e 16th. Lufthansa, British Airways and Air France, Europe’s largest legacy carriers, have fallen out of the top 20 list, as have Emirates and Air Canada. They have been replaced by Shenzhen, JetBlue, Spirit, Hainan and Xiamen.
Houve um declínio relativo nas viagens de longa distância
A comparison of international travel within the major world regions, intra-regional travel, and between world regions, extra-regional (or long-haul) travel, reveals that there has been a shift away from long-haul travel during the pandemic. In 2019 the ratio of intra-regional to extra-regional travel was 56%:44%; but in 2021, that had changed to 62%:38%. The pattern has also changed, with a greater proportion of people within Europe and the Americas travelling intra-regionally rather than long haul. The trend can be explained by a combination of several factors, including the effective closure of one region of the world, Asia pacific, the increased cost and difficulty of travelling long haul during the pandemic and frequently changing pandemic travel regulations, which disproportionately deter people from booking long-haul travel, as it is typically booked and planned with much longer lead times.
Doha e Amsterdã avançaram na batalha dos hubs
In the battle of the hubs, Doha overtook Dubai to become the preeminent hub airport in the Middle East, connecting air traffic between South Asia, Middle East, North America and Sub-Saharan Africa. In Europe, Amsterdam closed the gap on Frankfurt for intra-European transits and connections with North America. Pre-pandemic, the top ten list of global hub airports was headed by Dubai with 7.7% market share of intercontinental flight connections. It was followed by Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Doha, Istanbul, Paris, Hong Kong, Munich, London and Abu Dhabi. In 2021, it was headed by Amsterdam, with 8.3% share of intercontinental flight connections. Amsterdam is now followed by Frankfurt, 8.2%, Istanbul, 6.8%, Doha, 6.7%, Dubai, 5.9%, Paris, 5.0%, Panama City, 3.5%, Addis Ababa, 3.1%, Munich, 2.9% and Madrid, 2.4%.
Analysis of monthly traffic in 2021 shows that Amsterdam briefly overtook Frankfurt in September and October; but it fell back in November. In the same month, Dubai recovered its lead over Doha for the first time since February.
O QUE RETIRAR DESTE ARTIGO:
- The trend can be explained by a combination of several factors, including the effective closure of one region of the world, Asia pacific, the increased cost and difficulty of travelling long haul during the pandemic and frequently changing pandemic travel regulations, which disproportionately deter people from booking long-haul travel, as it is typically booked and planned with much longer lead times.
- In the battle of the hubs, Doha overtook Dubai to become the preeminent hub airport in the Middle East, connecting air traffic between South Asia, Middle East, North America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- A comparison of international travel within the major world regions, intra-regional travel, and between world regions, extra-regional (or long-haul) travel, reveals that there has been a shift away from long-haul travel during the pandemic.
