30 June: Weekly US & Canada COVID-19 Aviation Traffic Report

Summary

Compared to pre-crisis numbers, last week US passenger airlines carried 22% of passengers, operated 39% the flights, and flew 63% of their aircraft. Last week there weren't any big surprises for folks who've been keeping tabs on traffic, trends have been pretty steady. A few items of interest:

• Southwest continues to increase the number of flights they're operating, up to 70% of their pre-crisis flight volume now, which is bonkers, considering they were/are the largest US airline based on number of mainline flights.
• The number of wide-body aircraft being operated by the big 3 has held steady since a modest bump in May and early June.
• US narrow-body aircraft fleets are generally growing
• Seven of Delta's A320s flew last week - the first time any of the type had flown since Mid-April.
• American flew an additional 23 A321s and ten 737-800s.
• Spirit flew an additional 16 A320s (their whole A320 fleet flew last week for the first time since Mid-April), and continues to add A321s.
• TSA screening volume continue to grow; seven day YoY average is now -77.6%, yesterday was first day better than -75% since late March.
• Estimated load factor is around 65% of the pre-crisis average (65 TSA screenings per pax airline flight departure over last seven days, vs 100 on March 1)

There won't be a weekly traffic report blog post next week as we'll be celebrating Independence Day here at the JetTip Global HQ; for up to date aviation news and insight, keep an eye on JetTip's aviation news Twitter list.

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TSA Screening Volumes, Combined Pax Flight Volume, Derived Load Factors

Airline Fleet Evolution

Daily Departures by Airline / Airport

Weekly Departures by Airline / Airport

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Nick Benson

Nick lives in Burnsville, Minnesota with his wife and three children. He grooves on railroad and aviation photography, politics, geography, weather, and LEGO. He started JetTip's smart flight alert service in 2017, and is now a full-time avgeek. He can frequently be found atop a step ladder at MSP's Aircraft Viewing Area.