Chart of the week #17: Qantas Group international capacity finally reaches pre-pandemic level
Much has been discussed regarding international airline capacity to/from Australia in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. This led to the development of our Analytic Flying Capacity Tracker, a public tool to view international seat capacity by airline, city and country over time.
The easy-to-use dashboard utilises publicly available BITRE data, however BITRE data is published with a significant lag (e.g. the most recent data is only available through September 2024), limiting the public discourse. This led us to develop a method for estimating capacity utilising ADS-B data, allowing an up-to-date estimate.
We updated the Capacity Tracker as frequently as possible, however this has become less frequency over time. To mark the end of 2024 we are presently updating the tracker, giving us a glimpse of some important milestones. One such milestone is Qantas’s group level capacity.