Charter Report 2022

CHARTER FLIGHT ROUTES
FLIGHT NUMBERS BY FLIGHT HOURS
>5 hours (10%)
0-1 hours (32%)
4-5 hours (2%)
3-4 hours (7%)
2-3 hours (14%)
1-2 hours (35%)
Although more than half (52%) of the Asia-Pacific charter fleet is
Large and Long Range jets, the average flight time for all routes in
Asia-Pacific is 2 hours and 16 minutes, with around two thirds of the
routes taking within 2 hours and almost all routes (90%) taking less
than 5 hours. The top 10 popular charter routes from mid-2020 to
mid-2022 are all short-haul, with an average flight time of 1 hour and
29 minutes. Among these routes, Perth - Broome took the longest time
with an average of 2 hours and 41 minutes, while Wellington - Napier
and Tirusulam - Bangalore took the shortest flight with an average
of 38 minutes. Due to the entry and exit restrictions as a result of
the epidemic in some countries, when passengers need to fly long
distances across countries or regions, they usually choose business
class or first class on commercial flights and then use local charter
services at the destination.
It is doubtful that Greater China, one of the major charter markets
in APAC region, only has one popular route, and it is believed that
the data is not complete for China registered aircraft, resulting in
an underestimation of the number of flights to and from mainland
China. Based on the data from Business Jet Flight Manager – a data
service provider officially authorized by the Air Traffic Management
Bureau of China Civil Aviation Administration – popular routes in
Greater China include Beijing - Shanghai, Beijing - Hong Kong, and
Shanghai - Hong Kong. Airports with the most business jet traffic
are Hong Kong International Airport, Beijing Capital Airport, and
Shenzhen Bao’an International.
You might notice that we didn’t include the price range for each
of the popular routes as we did in the 2020 Charter Report. This is
because the prices of charter flights have become opaque due to the
imperfectly competitive market and the continuous fluctuation of
supply and demand in the market.
Although this report mainly studies on passenger charter market, it
is also worth mentioning that cargo charter plays a more important
role since the beginning of the pandemic.
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