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encouraging numbers
Blue has high demand; Domestic flights surpass pre-pandemic levels
Rafael Ramos
3/8/2022
Azul today released its preliminary traffic results for the month of February 2022, showing excellent numbers. Total passengers measured in RPK (paying passengers times square kilometers) were 20.1% higher than in February 2021.
The increase in traffic in the domestic market was 7.3%. The international market, on the other hand, was an incredible 1007.7%. Compared to February 2019, the year before the health crisis, total traffic was only 1.4% lower, with the domestic market having an increase of 12.3% and the international market still with only 51.6% of what it was.
Compared to February 2019, there was a 20.7% increase in total capacity, with 8.9% in the domestic market and 20.7% in the international market. Aircraft occupancy closed February with 78.0%, remaining almost the same as in the same period in 2021, when the registered was 78.4%. In 2019, this rate was 81.1%.
“Again, in February, we saw demand surpassing pre-pandemic levels, allowing us to rationally maintain our capacity and leverage the competitive and sustainable advantages of our network and business model”, says John Rodgerson, CEO of Azul.
Check, in the table below, the more detailed result of the company in February 2022.
Airbus A330-200
Azul
JTOcchialini, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Source: Azul
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Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
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