2024 to see more capacity and fewer flights compared to pre-pandemic, FCM Consulting

Four years since the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic that posed unparallel challenges across the globe, the aviation sector is still grappling to recover to a post-pandemic status quo. Outlooks for the year ahead have been positive despite notable headwinds with strong demand for travel in a post-COVID world still intact. The FCM Consulting’s Q4 2023 Quarterly Global Trends Report coincides with this, highlighting that global seats will be 3.5% (97.9 million) higher in the first half of 2024 in comparison to the first half of 2019. Global flights are set to be 5.6% (2.1 million) less in consideration of