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ANALYSIS
Airline Capacity Breakdown
Capacity snapshot
A monthly breakdown of airline capacity across the different regions
using data from FlightGlobal's schedule database, illustrating the
fastest-growing regional markets 194.8bn ASKs/wk
August capacity:
7.1%
vs August 2016
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Latin America 2,803 9% as Tunisia and Egypt.
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63.5bn ASKs/wk 48.2bn ASKs/wk 12.9bn ASKs/wk 12.6bn ASKs/wk 5.9bn ASKs/wk
10.1% YoY 4.2% YoY 7.1% YoY 4.7% YoY 8.4% YoY
Notes: Data based on one week of schedules data, August 2017 against August 2016
Figures reflect airlines operating nonstop unrestricted scheduled passenger services
But the two carriers with the smallest rise in ASK capacity network carrier pair Cathay Pacific and
Singapore Airlines will both cut
capacity in terms of seats for the Asia-Pacific airline capacity
month. Both carriers have been Airline Seats 2017 Change % ASKs 2017 Change %
working to tackle yield challenges. China Southern Airlines 10,941,203 4.6 17,482,076,997 6.5
China Eastern Airlines 10,768,947 9.5 15,907,028,884 11.7
Cathay, which has embarked on a All Nippon Airways 7,881,562 0.7 10,706,016,956 4.4
restructuring programme, confirmed Air China 7,404,930 8.5 15,160,334,498 8.6
the operating environment for 2017 Cathay Pacific Airways 2,500,263 -2.8 11,513,812,504 2.5
Singapore Airlines 2,133,163 -0.5 10,086,494,358 0.2
remains challenging. Our airlines
Thai Airways International 2,121,395 4.9 7,254,876,021 6.9
performance in the first half of 2017 Air New Zealand 1,755,396 5.1 3,681,872,633 5.3
continued to be disappointing. China Airlines 1,519,039 2.1 4,161,747,241 1.7
In particular, strong competition EVA Air 1,307,369 8.8 5,114,799,628 19.3
SIA has embarked on a business review amid the changing environment. But while it has kept mainline
capacity roughly flat, it is continuing to expand its low-cost sector operations. Budget unit Scoot is
targeting a capacity growth of 15% by the end of its 2017 financial year, following its integration with
Tigerair which was completed in July.
operational efficiency, after a challenged Brussels Airlines 1,029,961 6.9 1,783,280,211 10.5
Transavia Airlines 1,013,709 2.0 1,734,056,378 6.7
summer in 2016 where the impact of ATC
Transavia France 715,365 0.5 1,138,800,610 4.4
disruption was compounded by a tight schedule Icelandair 602,522 8.9 1,878,033,354 11.3
which included operations on the fringes of hard Source: FlightGlobal
August capacity is also down, on an ASK basis, at Turkish Airlines though it has slightly more capacity
in terms of seats. The airline had pulled back planned capacity growth amid the hit on demand that
followed geopolitical challenges in Turkey last year.
that is off a relatively low base, it is by JetBlue Airways 4,443,612 8.0 8,294,805,489 6.3
Alaska Airlines 4,019,430 2.0 6,777,986,948 7.2
a distance the highest percentage rate
Spirit Airlines 2,745,102 19.1 4,518,517,031 24.8
of any North American carrier for the WestJet 2,688,288 6.3 4,483,802,988 4.8
month. Hawaiian Airlines 1,324,321 2.5 2,713,780,320 -0.7
Allegiant Air 1,191,772 9.9 1,653,699,364 6.0
The three US majors and Southwest Virgin America 908,059 1.9 2,222,185,294 3.5
Airlines dominate the intra-North Source: FlightGlobal
The Atlanta and Chicago OHare hubs of Delta and United respectively are the biggest airports for
intra-North American flights in terms of flights and seats.
Los Angeles though has the most capacity in terms of ASKs. The Californian airport features among five
of the 10 biggest routes in terms of seat capacity. That includes the west coast service linking LA with
San Francisco, which accounts for the most capacity in terms of flights and seats, as well as the New
York JFK services, which has the most capacity in terms of ASKs the data shows.