Forward Demand Pulse
Route demand signals — 30 days.
Real search intent and affiliate-click data from AirConnect's route, flight and airport pages. Internal traffic filtered out. LLM-referrer data captured separately — ChatGPT/Copilot referrals are an emerging discovery channel for travel intent.
Top routes by search intent
8 routes| # | Route | Views | Prior | Growth | Aff. clicks | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SFO → PVG | 12 | 4 | +200.0% | 38 | /routes/SFO-PVG |
| 2 | PEK → SIN | 15 | 6 | +150.0% | 26 | /routes/PEK-SIN |
| 3 | LHR → CAI | 10 | 4 | +150.0% | 37 | /routes/LHR-CAI |
| 4 | PEK → DXB | 12 | 5 | +140.0% | 20 | /routes/PEK-DXB |
| 5 | CAI → LHR | 11 | 5 | +120.0% | 32 | /routes/CAI-LHR |
| 6 | PVG → SIN | 11 | 5 | +120.0% | 27 | /routes/PVG-SIN |
| 7 | MEL → LAX | 8 | 4 | +100.0% | 29 | /routes/MEL-LAX |
| 8 | LAX → PEK | 11 | 6 | +83.3% | 21 | /routes/LAX-PEK |
Top pages by affiliate-click intent
Pages users actually click flight/hotel/transfer CTAs on| # | Page | Affiliate clicks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seoul 6h Layover | 84 |
| 2 | LAX 12h Layover | 39 |
| 3 | Breeze Airways Route Map | 51 |
| 4 | Paris Airport Taxi Cost | 31 |
| 5 | London Airport Taxi Cost | 28 |
Top referrers (search + discovery)
| Domain | Views | Share |
|---|---|---|
| www.bing.com | 685 | 38.4% |
| duckduckgo.com | 179 | 10.0% |
| chatgpt.com | 157 | 8.8% |
| search.yahoo.com | 101 | 5.7% |
| www.ecosia.org | 24 | 1.3% |
| cn.bing.com | 18 | 1.0% |
| copilot.microsoft.com | 12 | 0.7% |
LLM referrers (emerging channel)
| LLM | Views | Share |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt.com | 157 | 90.2% |
| copilot.microsoft.com | 12 | 6.9% |
| perplexity.ai | 5 | 2.9% |
ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity etc. are an early-stage but rapidly growing discovery channel. AirConnect's LLM-citation rate is a leading indicator for AI-driven travel intent.
Methodology
Source
PostHog event telemetry from airconnect.live — pageviews on routes/* and flights/*-to-* pages + affiliate_clicked events. Refreshed hourly.Filtering
Internal-domain referrals (app.travelpayouts.com, own domain) excluded. Direct traffic excluded from referrer attribution.Growth comparison
Prior period = same number of days immediately before the active window. Growth% rounded to 1 dp.Want this as a daily feed for your airline or fund?
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