Market Trends of Airline Route Profitability Software Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the Airline Route Profitability Software Market according to our research experts:
Domestic Airlines Segment is Expected to Witness Significant Growth During the Forecast Period
By end user, the domestic airline segment is expected to witness significant growth during the forecast period. An increase in the demand for domestic airline operations worldwide owing to the increase in air passenger traffic is the main factor for the market to witness significant growth. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that air passenger traffic increased in September 2022. In September 2022, total air traffic increased by 57% compared to September 2021. Moreover, domestic air traffic in September 2022 grew by 6.9% compared to September 2021, whereas air passenger traffic in September 2022 rose by 122% compared to the previous year.
In 2022, Asia-Pacific witnessed significant growth owing to the ease of border restrictions by countries such as Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Various domestic airlines worldwide are now assessing the most profitable routes to increase their market share and profitability. Moreover, since the restart of civil aviation, there has been a dynamic shift in route profiles. This has led to airlines launching many sectors to fulfill the new demand to connect Tier II cities. Such developments in the domestic airline segment will lead the market to witness significant growth during the forecast period.
The Asia-Pacific Region is Expected to Witness Significant Growth During the Forecast Period
The Asia-Pacific region is anticipated to have the highest growth during the forecast period. The region has been a center of a fast-growing aviation industry with China and India as the main hubs of aviation. Moreover, according to Asia business news, in the past decade, the Asia-Pacific region has become the fastest-growing in the world for airline activity. The growing population in the Asia-Pacific region coupled with an increase in the percentage of the population with enough disposable income will be the major factors that contribute to air travel becoming a success story in the region. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the growth in the number of air travelers in the Asia-Pacific will increase and reach 2.1 billion passengers a year by 2036. Moreover, the Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has reported an increase of 821% for the month of August 2022 in the number of international passengers in the Asia-Pacific region. The healthy growth in the number of passengers points to a strong travel demand from the business and leisure sectors. In order to make profits from growing air travel in the region, airlines are currently engaged in making strategic investments and plan to expand their presence in this region. The airlines in the Asia-Pacific region are also making use of route profitability software to evaluate the existing routes, to know the profit margins and plans & budgets profitability of routes so that new routes can be undertaken in the future. For instance, in 2022, Air India which is owned by Tata Group is optimizing its domestic strategy by diversifying its presence on metro-to-metro routes and exiting from unviable ones. Thus, such developments will lead to a growth in the market during the forecast period.
