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MitchMcConnellsJowls t1_j2c1bt9 wrote
So, uh, what's an 'enplaned passenger'
thexylom OP t1_j2c1x3g wrote
A passenger who gets on a plane haha
Alex15can t1_j2cbe3x wrote
Uh not really beautiful when it takes me 3 minutes to figure it out.
mcfc_4eva t1_j2ccvs8 wrote
Was also my question. Thank you for taking the bullet
riceybois t1_j2cefah wrote
sounds like a you problem, not the post’s
Lord_of_the_Canals t1_j2cewzw wrote
I’d appreciate a more upfront legend, otherwise I like it! Crazy to think about purely by pop up with Hong Kong at 7mil and Indianapolis at 800K..
thexylom OP t1_j2cf9rs wrote
Will do better next time! Yes, it's insane that HKG was the 8th largest passenger airport in 2018, and then it just shrunk to something barely resembling a mid-sized regional airport
insultant_ t1_j2chizo wrote
Fuck getting in the plane. I’m getting IN then plane. Let Evel Kneival get on the plane.
EDIT: goddamn autocorrect ruined my life!
HunterrZ_YT t1_j2clve6 wrote
You should try comparing Dohas airport to Atlanta's airport. Atlanta being one of the most busy in the world and the world cup being held in Qatar.
thexylom OP t1_j2cm05u wrote
That is a cool idea! Fun fact: we are actually based in Atlanta.
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ClaffeyLP t1_j2cmykj wrote
Didn’t expect my home airport to show up in data is beautiful. Just being from Indy this is a fascinating graph.
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brawler839 t1_j2cse54 wrote
These are definitely correlated, but there is probably no common single factor other than COVID-19. Especially considering (I don't think) Indianapolis and Hong Kong have ever had a direct flight connection. So while each data set may be interesting on it's own, or grouped in a larger data set, the two, directly compared, don't really make sense together.
The most interesting thing about this graph, is that a large transportation hub like Hong Kong has basically barely recovered, in comparison to a smaller hub like Indianapolis. However, looking at the data provided before COVID-19, it looks like airport shutdowns in general cause major disruption and there could be a multitude of reasons why a place like Hong Kong may have (and continue to have) lower air travel traffic volumes, especially 2 years after an event like "protests".
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petertotheolson t1_j2cut1n wrote
I think your second paragraph is in line with what OP was going for. Doesn’t seem to be anything from them trying to draw a larger connection. Absolutely wild that HK is only operating at 1/6th of its precovid traffic.
OP, it would be interesting to see if any other SE Asian cities became transit hubs in the meantime, or if in general the world is still in the first steps of recovery.
spookadook t1_j2cwl1u wrote
Congrats on your new sustainable runway!
Smidday90 t1_j2cwswk wrote
I see what you tried to do but didn’t
Fedquip t1_j2cz462 wrote
Great reminder that Hong Kong was going through some intense pro democracy protests before Covid. All that seems to have swept away
thexylom OP t1_j2czdtd wrote
Yup, the author of the source article is born and raised in Hong Kong
Berkamin t1_j2d1oal wrote
I have never heard the term 'enplaned' in my entire life, and I've been around for several decades. Don't they mean 'boarded' or 'on-boarded'?
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ottawalanguages t1_j2d2mor wrote
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svjersey t1_j2d2w14 wrote
Wonder what they are doing with that massive airport of theirs. Been through it a few times pre covid and it was always fun walking around it waiting for your connection.
kb041204 t1_j2d3uyl wrote
Hong Konger here, I feel the same
miskathonic t1_j2d4fn9 wrote
Missed it by THAT much
miskathonic t1_j2d4hbu wrote
Emplaned sounds like an industry word, but maybe OP just made it up 🤷
thexylom OP t1_j2d4s4b wrote
It is an industry word, we used the same definition by the Indianapolis International Airport:
https://www.ind.com/about/investors-financials-reports/airline-activity-reports
thexylom OP t1_j2d4txr wrote
Been back there a few times since COVID, it's... Not holding up well
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miskathonic t1_j2d5tj9 wrote
Cool, I figured it was pretty standard outside of consumer interactions.
TinKicker t1_j2d9jsc wrote
Don’t forget the HKG is the central hub of two regional airlines and a major international airline (Cathay Pacific).
While IND is home to a Delta Air Lines regional affiliate (Republic), it doesn’t serve as a hub to the flight operations, but merely the corporate headquarters.
How Cathay Pacific is surviving today is a total mystery to me.
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StupaTroopa t1_j2dc4xy wrote
This article is fantastic.
Clishlaw t1_j2dcfl4 wrote
Cathay survives cause they are owned by SwireAlso they basically Monopolized the Air Cargo Biz throughout covid into HK. If companies are using their planes for Air Cargo; they still own the Cargo Terminal that processes everything entering and exiting. As well as owning the maintenance company; where a lot of airlines outside HK fly over to do their work.
On top of all the cost cutting they did to their staff; including, but not limited to, closing Dragonair outright. Most employees found out their company disappeared when they couldn't get into the building.
igor33 t1_j2ddsmj wrote
Enplaned! Enplaned!
UniqueBobcat t1_j2devcs wrote
Flying from Hong Kong to Indy via JFK in a few days… this is a freaky coincidence
wattro t1_j2dfrps wrote
Perhaps 'deplaned' is more common?
I hear that one on occasion.
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Dheorl t1_j2dgxy8 wrote
Why Indianapolis as the point of comparison?
cheesoid t1_j2dho20 wrote
Until I saw this post I'd never heard of the word "enplaned".
glaswegiangorefest t1_j2dic7y wrote
> enplaned
Neither had I and when I google it I get the word 'emplane' which also sounds made up so I don't know what the hell is going on. If someone is about to tell me enplaned is the past tense of emplane or something then they can just fuck off.
thexylom OP t1_j2dihcw wrote
Thank you for the praise!
thexylom OP t1_j2dincl wrote
The writer is a Ph.D. candidate at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Indianapolis is the closest airport to where she lives
rabbitlion t1_j2dj7c1 wrote
Deplaned is usually not used for passengers just getting off a plane though. Deplaning a passenger typically refers to throwing them off the plane before takeoff because they're behaving badly.
King_in-the_North t1_j2dk59d wrote
In the industry an enplaned passenger is a passenger that gets on an airplane at a specific airport. A deplaned passenger is one that gets off at a specific airport. Generally when comparing places against each other enplaned passengers are the metric that everyone looks to.
Daniero1994 t1_j2dkwf6 wrote
Which would make both airports transport ~50% of city's population pre COVID.
LGP747 t1_j2dli9v wrote
I love our airport
MitchMcConnellsJowls t1_j2dm2s3 wrote
George Carlin was a genius
Blue-cheese-dressing t1_j2dmbfe wrote
More so when used in tandem with “forcibly.”
rumblepony247 t1_j2dmp7r wrote
Kinda the Reddit comment equivalent of excitedly telling a great joke, but forgetting parts of it and then having to go back in the joke's time-line, lol.
42Cobras t1_j2dn0ai wrote
How I wish I'd been on one of those planes to/from Indiana last January. Go Dawgs!
rumblepony247 t1_j2dn0mi wrote
So, that's what Tattoo was saying....
42Cobras t1_j2dn1i7 wrote
Well, that is where the players play.
thexylom OP t1_j2do0yc wrote
Unfortunately, our editor is a Techie...
wrongwayup t1_j2dozer wrote
It’s nice to have an equal number of both. Like “takeoffs” and “landings”
Wozar t1_j2dqhji wrote
What the hell is wrong with the word “embark”. We already have a word for this.
kimchiMushrromBurger t1_j2dsd3y wrote
They use deplane on every flight though.
markth_wi t1_j2dulsz wrote
I have to imagine numbers skew at the edges, people die or are born on planes.
cjssquared t1_j2duvu2 wrote
As a fellow Hoosier, I agree.
CaBBaGe_isLaND t1_j2dvvas wrote
And they ride on them things like every day
RainbowGallagher t1_j2dvwb8 wrote
Reported for misinformation
insultant_ t1_j2dxelr wrote
One of my favorite jokes of his.
SPY0p t1_j2dxrte wrote
Indianapolis has always been the canary in the international travel coal mine.
Morangatang t1_j2e2cd1 wrote
Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world and I am always shocked by that fact.
New2ThisThrowaway t1_j2e6xnr wrote
Because enplaned is a word and it's a better fit in this context.
DoBestWifWtGodGivesU t1_j2e7ooz wrote
Was there in October, all the shops including restaurants were closed indefinitely inside the departure area, hope things will goes back to normal soon!
TheRedSam t1_j2e8gwm wrote
that's interesting
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HunterrZ_YT t1_j2e9gfn wrote
Yeah, considering it's not that big a city (compared to some others)
obinice_khenbli t1_j2edg0f wrote
It's so sad what happened to Hong Kong. May that great nation rest in peace.
StringBean_GreenBean t1_j2efoeu wrote
Compared to what? The Atlanta metro area is the 7th largest in the US and 69th in the world.
macsters t1_j2eifvl wrote
True, Atlanta is a sizable city, but I guess people wouldn’t have thought that the 1st busiest airport would be in the 69th largest city.
HunterrZ_YT t1_j2ek9v7 wrote
I didn't say it's not big, I just said that it's smaller compared to some other cities. You'd expect Las Angeles' LAX to be at the top, or close. Above Atlanta at least
RemoteTraditional142 t1_j2eu0px wrote
Wow, Covid affected aviation????. never heard this before, genius you should publish a paper or two, ground breaking scientific research going on here.
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goingforth_ t1_j2f9ica wrote
Hoo-hoo...
jpj77 t1_j2ffxfs wrote
LAX has the Pacific Ocean to constrict its traffic. Pretty much every other large city in the US has two airports at least besides Philly and Boston which are fairly close to New York. Next biggest city with only one is Detroit, which is also a very busy airport.
Galaksee t1_j2fgpuj wrote
What the hell is, "enplaned?"
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AsianEscapeGoat t1_j2fmzq2 wrote
jesus christ, it was never a nation...it's was a fucking colony
fucking colonizer apologist
nuonuopapa t1_j2fu64d wrote
The people who block airports, whether for climate change or human rights, should be sent straight to jail.
thexylom OP t1_j2c0t39 wrote
Source article: https://www.thexylom.com/post/china-s-zero-covid-policy-is-destructive-but-reopening-without-a-plan-is-even-worse
Source data: https://www.ind.com/about/investors-financials-reports/airline-activity-reports; https://www.hongkongairport.com/en/the-airport/hkia-at-a-glance/fact-figures.page
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