Total worldwide flight traffic up 25% from 2020

New data from Flightradar24 shows a positive snapshot of global air traffic from the first six months of 2021, as China and the US lead the way in post-pandemic recovery. The results show global commercial flights are 11% higher than 2020 levels, with the total number of flights up 25.2 per cent, as the industry recovers from the “induced lows” of last year. Flightradar24, a real-time global flight tracker, reported the data from 1 January to 30 June, between 2019, 2020, and 2021. Total global total flights are recovering at a rapid pace, now only down 11 per cent from the first half of 2019. “Total flights are recovering faster than commercial flights with 28,957,911 total flights tracked in the first half of 2021, a 25.2% increase over 2020,” according to Flightradar24. Commercial flights showed a steady improvement, however were largely hindered by international travel traffic, which remains heavily subdued.<br/>