Thai AirAsia forecasts 90% passenger load post Covid pandemic

 Friday, December 23, 2022 

Thai AirAsia has made a hopeful forecast of passenger load reaching 90% of the levels it was at before the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to Thai AirAsia CEO Santisuk Klongchaiya, “Thai AirAsia has seen more than triple the number of passengers in 2022 than in 2021. Last year, 2.93 million seats were filled while this year will see over 10 million travellers on flights.”

It is also expected that the mega-demographic of Chinese tourists will be able to rejoin the tourism world next year.

The positive prediction has been made based on the aircraft utilization rate, full airline cabins, domestic competitiveness.

Aircraft utilization rate is a figure which airlines use that represents how many hours per day the aircraft is actually in use rather than sitting idle which hit 12 hours last month.

In terms of cabin occupancy, Thai AirAsia calculates they will hit 81% seat occupancy by the end of this month. Also the airline has grabbed a 32% share of the Thai domestic market. That dominant market share is in part because they have 53 planes, the largest fleet of any budget airline operating in Thailand.

Thai AirAsia said that domestic travellers have been a strong and steady market and will complement the booming return of international travellers to help them reach levels near the pre-pandemic numbers.

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