The number of flights performed globally by the airline industry has increased steadily since the early 2000s and reached **** million in 2019. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the number of flights dropped to **** million in 2020. The flight volume increased again in the following years and was forecasted to reach ** million in 2025.

In 2023, the estimated number of scheduled passengers boarded by the global airline industry amounted to approximately *** billion people. This represents a significant increase compared to the previous year since the pandemic started and the positive trend was forecast to continue in 2024, with the scheduled passenger volume reaching just below **** billion travelers. Airline passenger traffic The number of scheduled passengers handled by the global airline industry has increased in all but one of the last decade. Scheduled passengers refer to the number of passengers who have booked a flight with a commercial airline. Excluded are passengers on charter flights, whereby an entire plane is booked by a private group. In 2023, the Asia Pacific region had the highest share of airline passenger traffic, accounting for ********* of the global total.

Daily data showing UK flight numbers and rolling seven-day average, including flights to, from, and within the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: EUROCONTROL.

Our Flight Events data feed combines Spire Global satellite/terrestrial ADS-B flight event data with ch-aviation’s fleet, operator, and airport data providing an overview of all flights operated by airlines, business and general aviation players on a daily basis.

The value of our Flight Events data feed lies in its high-resolution integration of ADS-B flight tracking with ch-aviation’s comprehensive aircraft and operator data, delivering unmatched visibility into global aircraft movements. By identifying the aircraft type and registration for approximately 98% of all ADS-B-tracked flights, we offer an industry-leading solution for lessors, insurers, airports, OEMs, and analysts seeking precise, reliable, and actionable aviation intelligence.

• High-Resolution ADS-B Integration - Satellite and terrestrial ADS-B flight tracking combined with enriched aircraft and operator data for maximum accuracy and visibility • Comprehensive Aircraft Identification - Aircraft type and registration identified for approximately 98% of all ADS-B-tracked flights, using proprietary matching with ch-aviation data and supplementary publicly available authority data sources. • Global Flight Coverage - Tracks approximately 160,000–190,000 flights per day across commercial aviation, business jet, and general aviation sectors worldwide. • ACMI (Wet-Lease) and Cargo Customer Tracking - Detailed monitoring of ACMI operations, including identification of wet-lease activity between different operators as well as cargo customers identifying flights operated for integrators like DHL Express or FedEx as well as cargo customers such as Amazon. • Aircraft Utilisation Tracking - Tracking of flight hours and cycles at both the operator and individual tail number (aircraft) level • Matched Operator and Aircraft Data - Every flight is linked to comprehensive ch-aviation datasets, including aircraft ID, history, operator, variant, callsign, and airport details allowing customers to leverage the industry’s most comprehensive integration between ADS-B flight event and fleet/operator/airport data. • Fallback Data Enrichment - Where ch-aviation data is unavailable, civil aviation authority and ANSP sources are used to ensure continuity in aircraft identification and data accuracy. • Use Case-Driven Insights - Tailored for industry stakeholders like lessors, insurers, OEMs, airports, and analysts seeking operational, commercial, and technical flight data intelligence.

ch-aviation integrates its Commercial Aviation Aircraft Data and Business Jet Aircraft Data with Spire Global’s satellite-based ADS-B data that is fused by Spire with terrestrial feeds from AirNav and Wingbits.

This data is enriched with mapped callsigns, corrected hexcodes, regional partnership decoding, and identification of wet-leases and cargo customers, enabling detailed insight into each individual flight.

Where ch-aviation data is unavailable, public data from civil aviation authorities and ANSPs is used to ensure broad and reliable aircraft identification and coverage.

The data set is available historically going back to January 1, 2018.

The data set is updated daily.

The sample data shows flights on 2025-03-30, with Swiss, Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, Jet Aviation Business Jets, and RVR Aviation as operators or wet lease customers.

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The direct bucket URL for this data set is: https://eu-central-1.console.aws.amazon.com/s3/buckets/dataservices-standardised-samples?region=eu-central-1&bucketType=general&prefix=flights/&showversions=false

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India All Scheduled Airlines: International: Number of Flight data was reported at 18,502.000 Unit in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 16,668.000 Unit for Feb 2025. India All Scheduled Airlines: International: Number of Flight data is updated monthly, averaging 7,797.000 Unit from Apr 2001 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 283 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18,574.000 Unit in Jan 2025 and a record low of 273.000 Unit in May 2020. India All Scheduled Airlines: International: Number of Flight data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Transportation, Post and Telecom Sector – Table IN.TA019: Airline Statistics: All Scheduled Airlines.

India All Scheduled Airlines: Domestic: Number of Flight data was reported at 102,319.000 Unit in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 92,291.000 Unit for Feb 2025. India All Scheduled Airlines: Domestic: Number of Flight data is updated monthly, averaging 48,100.000 Unit from Apr 2001 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 288 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 102,319.000 Unit in Mar 2025 and a record low of 188.000 Unit in Apr 2020. India All Scheduled Airlines: Domestic: Number of Flight data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Transportation, Post and Telecom Sector – Table IN.TA019: Airline Statistics: All Scheduled Airlines.

Daily aircraft utilisation is available for all commercial aviation and business jet aircraft showing the number of flight hours and cycles every day (in UTC) time based on a combination of Spire Global satellite/terrestrial ADS-B data and ch-aviation fleet data.

The data set includes hours, cycles, average stage length as well as data quality indicators for each record.

The data set is updated daily.

The sample data shows aircraft flown on 2025-03-30 by Swiss, Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, Jet Aviation Business Jets, and RVR Aviation, with utilization metrics

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The direct bucket URL for this data set is: https://eu-central-1.console.aws.amazon.com/s3/buckets/dataservices-standardised-samples?region=eu-central-1&bucketType=general&prefix=aircraft_utilisation_daily/&showversions=false

Full Technical Data Dictionary: https://about.ch-aviation.com/aircraft-utilisation-daily-ads-b-based-2/

Thailand Thai Airways: Daily Utilization per Aircraft data was reported at 12.000 Hour in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 11.500 Hour for 2016. Thailand Thai Airways: Daily Utilization per Aircraft data is updated yearly, averaging 11.500 Hour from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2017, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.000 Hour in 2017 and a record low of 10.600 Hour in 2014. Thailand Thai Airways: Daily Utilization per Aircraft data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Thai Airways. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.TA022: Airline Statistics (Annual).

As a result of the continued annual growth in global air traffic passenger demand, the number of airplanes that were involved in accidents is on the increase. Although the United States is ranked among the 20 countries with the highest quality of air infrastructure, the U.S. reports the highest number of civil airliner accidents worldwide. 2020 was the year with more plane crashes victims, despite fewer flights The number of people killed in accidents involving large commercial aircraft has risen globally in 2020, even though the number of commercial flights performed last year dropped by 57 percent to 16.4 million. More than half of the total number of deaths were recorded in January 2020, when an Ukrainian plane was shot down in Iranian airspace, a tragedy that killed 176 people. The second fatal incident took place in May, when a Pakistani airliner crashed, killing 97 people. Changes in aviation safety In terms of fatal accidents, it seems that aviation safety experienced some decline on a couple of parameters. For example, there were 0.37 jet hull losses per one million flights in 2016. In 2017, passenger flights recorded the safest year in world history, with only 0.11 jet hull losses per one million flights. In 2020, the region with the highest hull loss rate was the Commonwealth of Independent States. These figures do not take into account accidents involving military, training, private, cargo and helicopter flights.

Historical commercial aviation and business jet aircraft data enables you to leverage full historical operator data down to an aircraft level.

Find out how an aircraft changed operators during its lifetime or analyse a specific operator’s fleet growth over time.

Get access to: - An operator’s fleet development overview - An operator’s fleet delivery by year (new, used, and overall aircraft deliveries) - Full aircraft operator history for all inactive aircraft from 2000 up to present day - An operator overview on an aircraft family level - Annual deliveries of a specific aircraft variant - Annual active aircraft by variant

Segment historical fleets by: - Operator Continent, Country, Region - Operator - Aircraft Type (Market Group, Manufacturer, Production Line, Aircraft Family, Aircraft Type, Aircraft Model, Aircraft Variant) - Aircraft (Aircraft Registration, Line/Serial Number) - Engines (Manufacturers, Engine Type, Engine Subtype) - Dates (As of Date, Date In, Date Out)

The data set is updated weekly.

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DSS presents a global synoptic set of 12 hourly upper air data reports. These were operationally collected by NMC. They include radiosondes, pibals and aircraft reports received via the ... Global Telecommunications System (GTS). NMC used Automated Data Processing (ADP) to decode and reformat the GTS reports. This data was the primary input (known as "B 3s") for NMC's modeling and forecasting. It was also a major input for the NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF Reanalysis Projects. The NCAR document TN404 An Introduction to Atmospheric and Oceanographic Datasets, (chapter 3) discusses the collection of this data in greater detail. The ADPUPA data includes land and ship launched radiosondes and pibals. Data may be available at up to 20 mandatory levels from 1000mb to 10mb, plus a few significant levels. The AIRCFT data includes flight level reports from commercial, military and reconnaissance sources. The data may include pressure, deviation value (deviation from standard atmosphere geopotential height), temperature, dew point, wind direction and speed. This dataset is in an NCAR blocked version of the NMC Office Note 20 (ON20) format, which involves using the DSS RPTOUT software.

The low-cost airline AirAsia generated revenue of around 18.94 billion Malaysian ringgit in 2024, a significant increase from around 13.62 billion Malaysian ringgit in the previous year. AirAsia is currently operating under Capital A Berhad. In 2025, the company announced that its aviation business segment would be acquired by AirAsia X Berhad.