Flight Friday: Australia and New Zealand Recovery Remains Behind

Plane over Brisbane
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With Aviation Week’s MRO Australasia coming up this month, this week’s #FlightFriday takes a look at Australian and New Zealand operators’ utilization.

When looking at hours and cycles compared to the same equivalent month in 2019, flights have taken a little longer to come back to 2019 levels compared to some other parts of the world. Only in 2023 have the number of flights been the same as equivalent month 2019; however, the flight hours remain below 95% of 2019 levels. These two data points suggests that while flights are back to normal, shorter flights are happening when compared to 2019.

 

The data shows the extra lockdown measures that Australia put into place in mid-2021, as the utilization levels drop below 50% of 2019 figures.

This data was put together using Aviation Week's Tracked Aircraft Utilization data.

 

Daniel Williams

Based in the UK, Daniel is Director of Fleet Data Services for Aviation Week Network. Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2017, Daniel held a number of industry positions analyzing fleet data.

FlightFriday

Flight Friday is compiled using data from Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s (AWIN) Tracked Aircraft Utilization module, the most comprehensive and accurate solution for global tracking of aircraft utilization. 

Based on recorded flight movements from ADS-B data, combined with AWIN’s robust fleet intelligence, users gain insight into the aircraft’s actual versus reported movement, down to the tail number. This unique solution provides users a more up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of aircraft utilization.