WTTC: France to keep its crown as most popular destination for international visitors

Latest flight booking data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and its knowledge partner ForwardKeys, shows France is set to keep its pole position as the world’s most popular destination for international arrivals this year. The research reveals a positive outlook for France’s inbound travel, with arrivals set to almost reach pre-pandemic highs […]

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ForwardKeys: Israel-Hamas war slows the recovery of global air travel

ForwardKeys, the leading travel analytics firm, with several unrivalled datasets, has revealed that the Israel-Hamas war has not only had a negative impact on aviation to and from the Middle East; the effect is global, with the whole market slowing by 5 percentage points (p.p.) in the three weeks since Hamas’ attack on Israel on […]

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ForwardKeys: Top travel trends and destination rankings in summer ‘23

ForwardKeys, the leading travel analytics firm has identified six major trends in global air travel this summer. They are revealed by an analysis of the top destinations and top origin markets compared to last year and to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The major trends are: • US dominance • Patchy post-pandemic recovery • The Far […]

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ForwardKeys: Autumn UK Half-Term travel gains momentum, 37% ahead of last year

The latest air ticketing data from ForwardKeys paints an optimistic picture for the UK outbound travel market this Autumn Half-Term holiday period. Year-to-date tickets issued for international Half-Term travel from the UK are currently just 6% behind the comparative period in 2019 and 37% ahead of last year. Intra-regional travel is +30% ahead of last […]

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ForwardKeys: The 100 most popular destinations this summer

ForwardKeys, the leading travel analytics firm has revealed the hundred most appealing destinations this summer (1st July – 31st August), based on how extensively travel to them has been searched online. ForwardKeys Flight Searches data, which is the most comprehensive source available, covers many billions of searches a year, via an extensive selection of online […]

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ForwardKeys: Intra-European seat capacity to reach pre-pandemic levels this Easter

ForwardKeys, the leading travel and analytics firm based in Spain, latest research reveals that seat capacity for intra-European arrivals during Easter is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels. The destinations with the largest increases in air supply (out of destinations with a share >2 %) are Turkey, +26% up on 2019 levels, followed by Portugal (+12%) […]

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ForwardKeys: Travel Retail bounces back in 2023

Travel data firm, ForwardKeys, latest air ticketing data reflects a better year for travel retailers and airports as post-covid consumer preferences swing in a more premium direction. And despite the economic slowdown, business travel continues. As airlines and airports are scrambling to rebuild air connectivity with Asia, some Eastern European airports have managed to position […]

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ForwardKeys: The best visited destinations of 2022

ForwardKeys, which has the world’s largest and freshest database of flight tickets, has revealed the performance of top global destinations of 2022 in an extensive review of the year. The country list is headed by the Dominican Republic, the city list by Antalya in Turkey. According to the latest available air ticketing data (combining arrivals […]

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ForwardKeys: Record breaking summer for flights to Greece and Turkey

Air travel to the southeast corner of Europe substantially exceeded pre-pandemic (2019) levels in the peak summer months of July and August. The report has come from ForwardKeys, which has the most comprehensive and up-to-date database of air ticketing available. The two largest destinations, Turkey and Greece, both exceeded pre-pandemic levels of international visitor arrivals […]

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ForwardKeys: Europe’s aviation chaos crushes confidence in flying | Amsterdam and London are worst affected

With multiple news reports of flight cancellations, as airports, suffering with staff shortages, struggle to cope with surging demand, ForwardKeys has taken a closer look at air traffic disruption, by analysing recent trends in intra-European flight bookings for travel in July and August and changes in seat capacity. It shows that a fall in consumer […]

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