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We review in this issue how the number of flights in the world has changed before and during the current emergency due to the coronavirus.
The prestigious portal or rather, one of the most important in the world regarding flight information, Flight Radar 24 has allowed these days to know how it has evolved, down, the number of flights around the world.
Flights in the world
This platform has generated a series of interesting data that allows us to measure the magnitude of the current crisis that the world is going through and that, without a doubt,, the aviation industry, travel and tourism is one of the most affected.
For example, him 4 april 2020 last, Flight Radar 24 accounted for the 55% of the flights currently operating in the world correspond to flights located in North America, region of the world that has not yet taken greater restrictive measures regarding flights. Compared to March, The United States operated only the 39% of the world's flights.
The 4 march 2020 They registered in the application at 14:00 UTC a total of 13.891 at that moment, Meanwhile he 4 April the number dropped to 4.541 flights at the same time, Worldwide, what a represents -67% of flights between both months.
Another interesting and relevant fact is presented throughout March 2020, where they registered 4.294.685 million flights, which represents a drop in 21% general compared to the same month of 2019 and where commercial traffic fell a 27%.
China during the first months of 2020 recorded a drop in 80% of traffic, followed by Italy with the 55% decrease in air traffic.
Flights in Latin America
Focusing now on our region, the fall is still very representative and above the world average, where we can compare the following days:
- Monday 2 march 2020 at 14:00 UTC a total of 1502 flights in the region.
- Monday 6 april 2020 at 14:00 UTC a total of 336 flights in the region.
Mondays and Fridays are generally the days with the highest demand and highest number of frequencies in the region., thus being able to notice a drop in -78% of air traffic in Latin America from March to April.
Take into account that we still see hundreds of planes in the sky, where many airlines continue to operate and others like freighters are key, but the fall is very important.
Commercial flights are shown in the numbers represented here, cargo and private that have ADS-B systems, Therefore, the number of flights is greater as there are civil and military aircraft that do not have this equipment..
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