Cirium, an aviation data and analytics provider, forecast that global air capacity will rebound in 2022 to 2015 levels. The company said the industry is poised for a projected 47% growth in capacity (number of seats flown) in 2022. Last year, according to Cirium, the pandemic and its consequences wiped out 15 years of global passenger capacity growth — based on the total number of seats flown — in a matter of months, reducing 2020 capacity flown to levels last seen in 2005. Although recovery was varied in 2021, global capacity is forecast to return to capacity levels seen in 2006 by the end of this year. Regions with strong domestic markets showed accelerated recovery this year — in particular in the US and China. In fact, Chinese domestic flights are up 6% compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Of all the flights tracked January through October worldwide, 78% were domestic flights. International flights experienced a slow recovery, with many restrictions in place until the fourth quarter of 2021, and some restrictions still in place depending on the routes. International flights saw a 6% growth in 2021 compared with the same period in 2020.