essential metrics on the world’s major airlines
Top 20 carriers based on 12 months’ seat capacity to September 2017
essential metrics decoded
• DatafromSchedulesAnalyserisforthe12monthstoSeptember2017.
• DatafromTrafficAnalyserisforthe12monthstoJune2017.
• EstimatedBookingsLoadFactoriscalculatedbydividingbookingsbyseatsandrepresentsanestimatedbookingsloadfactorwhichdoesn’ttakeintoaccountnon-revenuepassengers.Bothdatasetsareforthe12monthstoJune2017.
• NumberofRoutesservedisforthe12monthstoSeptember2017.
• NumberofCountriesservedisforthe12monthstoSeptember2017.
• Netnewroutesarenumberofnewdestinationsminusdestinationsnolongerservedina12-monthperiodandexcludesrouteswithlessthan100frequenciesina12-monthperiod.
• OTPdataissourcedfromOAG’sFlightStatusdatabaseandisforthe12monthstoSeptember2017.WhereaveragecoveragefallsbelowOAG’s80%threshold,acarrier’sentryhasbeenrecordedasN/A.
• FleetdataissourcedfromCAPA(www.centreforaviation.com)asofOctober2017.Narrow-bodyfleetandaircraftonorderfiguresincluderegionaljets.Freightersareexcluded.
• Networksection:FastestgrowingcountryisoftheTop10countrymarketsservedbythatcarrier.
• Keymetricssection:thenumberofroutesarethoseoperatedfromeachoftheTop3airportsbyacarrierina12-monthperiod.
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Rank Airline Seats (Oct16-Sep17)
1 AmericanAirlines 251,483,734
2 DeltaAirLines 225,796,738
3 SouthwestAirlines 201,582,829
4 UnitedAirlines 182,179,745
5 Ryanair 133,675,731
6 ChinaSouthernAirlines 119,141,114
7 ChinaEasternAirlines 113,779,195
8 easyJet 87,066,832
9 TurkishAirlines 85,079,215
10 AirChina 83,249,431
11 LufthansaGermanAirlines 83,175,267
12 LATAMGroup 81,715,360
13 Emirates 77,106,673
14 AllNipponAirways 73,537,274
15 BritishAirways 61,879,039
16 AirCanada 60,848,303
17 IndiGo 58,357,440
18 AirFrance 58,348,694
19 AeroflotRussianAirlines 51,956,455
20 JapanAirlines 51,297,559
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Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 1
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership oneworld(foundermember)
Domicile USA
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
KPIs
RoutesOperated 1,067 PassengersCarried 197,931,114
Seats 251,483,734 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 79%
Flights 2,267,040 OTP(last12months) 78.70%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 111 AverageStageLength 2,097km
ASKs 448,641m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:24
NetNewRoutes 25 CountriesServed 58
OAG’s take on...
Theworld’slargestscheduledairlineintermsofseats,flights,ASKs,passengerscarriedandfleetsize.Largenumberofaircraftonorderneededtoreplaceexistingaircraftwithaircrafttypicallyover10yearsold.
Network
Domesticnetworkaccountsfor83%ofcapacity
Fastestgrowingregion:Southwest Pacific
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:US – Spain
Africa Asia Pacific Europe Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Fleet and orders
948aircraftinthefleet–thelargestfleetamongtheTop20airlines.239aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 799 207
Wide-body 149 32
Averageageofaircraftinfleetis10.3years.
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
DFW 33,201,713 84.8% 208
CLT 25,104,893 90.6% 158
MIA 17,408,362 67.4% 132
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
JFK-LAX 983,737 2,695
ORD-LGA 929,906 2,548
LGA-MIA 860,199 2,357
2%
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0Se
ats(m)
17%
83%
2
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 2
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership SkyTeam
Domicile USA
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
KPIs
RoutesOperated 1,053 PassengersCarried 183,297,283
Seats 225,796,783 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 81%
Flights 1,896,426 OTP(last12months) 82.80%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 119 AverageStageLength 2,365km
ASKs 408,450m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:29
NetNewRoutes 19 CountriesServed 70
OAG’s take on...
World’ssecondlargestairlineandcapacityisstillgrowing.Beston-timeperformanceoftheUSmajors.OperatingtheoldestfleetamongtheTop20airlineswhichiswhyithasthesecondlargestorderbookfornewaircraft.
Network
Domesticnetworkaccountsfor85%ofcapacity
Fastestgrowingregion:Central America
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:USA – Mexico
Africa Asia Pacific Europe
Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Fleet and orders
861aircraftinthefleet–secondlargestfleetamongtheTop20airlines254aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 713 206
Wide-body 148 48
TheDeltaAirLinesfleetistheoldestfleetamongtheTop20globalairlines,withanaverageageperaircraftof17.2years.
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
ATL 47,521,065 78.6% 240
MSP 15,625,894 69.8% 150
DTW 15,339,252 72.7% 137
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
LGA-ATL 901,315 2,469
LAX-JFK 866,100 2,373
JFK-SFO 663,162 1,817
1%
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0Se
ats(m)
15%
85%
3
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 3
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership None
Domicile USA
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Low-cost
KPIs
RoutesOperated 755 PassengersCarried 151,036,605
Seats 201,582,829 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 76%
Flights 1,357,507 OTP(last12months) 78.50%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 148 AverageStageLength 1,576km
ASKs 248,843m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:08
NetNewRoutes 20 CountriesServed 12
OAG’s take on...
Thirdlargestairlineintheworldbutstillgrowingat5%.Networkcontinuestobepredominantlydomestic.AircraftoperatedaresignificantlylargerthanUSpeersbutoperateshorterstagelengths.
Network
Almostentirelydomesticnetwork
Fastestgrowingregion:Caribbean
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:US – Belize
Africa Asia Pacific Europe Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Fleet and orders
Southwesthaveanentirelynarrow-bodyfleetwith686aircraft221aircraftonorder,allnarrow-bodyorRegionalJets.
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 686 221
Wide-body 0 0
TheaverageageoftheSouthwestfleetis10.6years.
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
MDW 12,804,822 93.3% 72
BWI 11,367,324 70.2% 66
LAS 11,241,017 40.0% 62
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
HOU-DAL 924,622 2,533
BUR-OAK 734,400 2,012
BWI-MCO 699,309 1,916
5%
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
Seats(m)
3%
97%
4
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 4
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership StarAlliance(foundermember)
Domicile USA
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
KPIs
RoutesOperated 1,808 PassengersCarried 151,953,428
Seats 182,179,745 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 85%
Flights 1,645,529 OTP(last12months) 78.50%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 111 AverageStageLength 2,328km
ASKs 421,581m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:47
NetNewRoutes 2 CountriesServed 72
OAG’s take on...
UnitedAirlinesoperatesmoreroutesthananyotherTop20airlineandhasthemostinternationalnetworkforanyUSmajor.
Network
ExtensiveUSdomesticnetworkbutmostinternationalcapacityofUSmajors
Fastestgrowingregion:Caribbean
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:US – Cuba
Africa Asia Pacific Europe
Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Fleet and orders
745aircraftinfleet241aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 565 169
Wide-body 180 72
Thefleetisrelativelyoldwithanaverageaircraftageof14.4years.
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
ORD 20,852,806 44.4% 208
IAH 18,797,016 76.3% 204
EWR 17,010,168 65.8% 193
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
EWR-SFO 1,165,384 3,193
EWR-LAX 1,020,302 2,795
ORD-LGA 787,662 2,158
3%
18.016.014.012.010.08.06.04.02.00.0
Seats(m)
21%
79%
5
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 5
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership None
Domicile Ireland
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Low-cost
KPIs
RoutesOperated 1,626 PassengersCarried 119,121,487
Seats 133,675,731 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 91%
Flights 707,279 OTP(last12months) n/a
AverageSeats/Aircraft 189 AverageStageLength 1,569km
ASKs 165,416m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:14
NetNewRoutes 186 CountriesServed 42
OAG’s take on...
RyanairfliesthelargestvolumeofaircraftseatsoutsideNorthAmericaandcontinuestobeoneofthefastest-growingairlines.Theairlineoperatesonlynarrow-bodyaircraftandistheonlyTop20airlinetoachieveloadfactorsaveragingmorethan90%overayear.
Network
NetworkisalmostexclusivelyEuropean
Fastestgrowingregion:Middle East
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:Germany – Italy
Africa Asia Pacific Europe Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Fleet and orders
406aircraftinfleet167aircraftonorderAllaircraftinfleetandonorderarenarrow-body
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 406 167
Wide-body 0 0
Averageaircraftageis6.8years.
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
STN 11,368,161 78.20% 152
DUB 7,141,932 41.00% 95
BGY 5,517,288 82.20% 85
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
DUB-STN 806,626 2,210
DUB-LGW 780,665 2,139
FCO-CTA 762,752 2,090
10%
14.0
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
Seats(m)
79% 21%
6Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 6
Ownership Mixofstate&publicly-listed
AllianceMembership SkyTeam
Domicile China
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
Domesticnetworkaccountsfor85%ofcapacity
Fastestgrowingregion:South Asia
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:China – Vietnam
Africa Asia Pacific
Europe Latin America
Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
CAN 18,994,656 47.90% 134
PEK 8,535,095 14.20% 43
SZX 6,394,183 24.00% 61
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
CAN-PEK 1,728,754 4,736
CAN-SHA 1,284,132 3,518
PEK-SZX 911,800 2,498
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 808 PassengersCarried 86,615,478
Seats 119,141,114 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 74%
Flights 726,976 OTP(last12months) 62.90%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 164 AverageStageLength 1,778km
ASKs 193,482m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:37
NetNewRoutes 11 CountriesServed 46
OAG’s take on...
AsiaPacific’slargestcarrierbyseatvolumeandinfleetterms,ChinaSouthernisstillpredominantlyadomesticcarrier,withstronggrowthtakingplaceonrouteswithinChina.Internationalexpansionishappeningbutataslowerratethandomesticgrowth.
Fleet and orders
541aircraftinthefleet172aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 458 120
Wide-body 83 52
Averageageofaircraftinthefleetis7.3years.
6%
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0Se
ats(m)
15%
85%
7Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 7
Ownership Mixofstate&publicly-listed
AllianceMembership SkyTeam
Domicile China
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
Over80%ofcapacityinChinaandremainderalmostallinAsia-Pacific
Fastestgrowingregion:Eastern Europe
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:China – Australia
Africa Asia Pacific
Europe Latin America
Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
PVG 11,654,420 27.20% 114
KMG 9,958,039 37.10% 95
SHA 7,935,975 31.70% 54
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
PEK-SHA 2,625,897 7,194
SZX-SHA 971,554 2,662
PEK-XIY 882,431 2,418
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 884 PassengersCarried 81,219,775
Seats 113,779,195 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 73%
Flights 692,760 OTP(last12months) 59.30%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 164 AverageStageLength 1,729km
ASKs 167,476m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:27
NetNewRoutes 31 CountriesServed 37
OAG’s take on...
WithayoungerfleetthanitstwomainChinesecompetitors,ChinaEasternhasambitiousgrowthplans,adding31newroutesoverthelast12months,considerablymorethanChinaSouthernorAirChina.
Fleet and orders
478aircraftinthefleet150aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 407 114
Wide-body 71 36
Averageageofaircraftinthefleetis5.6years.
5%
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
Seats(m)
82%
18%
8Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 8
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership None
Domicile UK
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Low-cost
Network
NetworkisalmostexclusivelyEuropean
Fastestgrowingregion:Eastern / Central Europe
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:UK - France
Africa Asia Pacific Europe Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
LGW 10,213,198 39.50% 112
GVA 4,386,920 38.60% 80
MXP 4,001,484 29.40% 63
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
LGW-AMS 725,687 1,988
GVA-LGW 681,475 1,867
ORY-NCE 667,196 1,828
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 878 PassengersCarried 72,651,006
Seats 87,066,832 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 85%
Flights 519,277 OTP(last12months) 75.10%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 168 AverageStageLength 1,460km
ASKs 95,503m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:02
NetNewRoutes 36 CountriesServed 36
OAG’s take on...
easyJetisEurope’ssecondlargestairlineandisgrowingat8%.ItsmovetoGatwick’sNorthTerminalin2017allowsittoconsolidateallitsflightsthereintooneterminal.
Fleet and orders
254aircraftinthefleet143aircraftonorderAllaircraftinthefleetandonorderarenarrow-body
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 254 143
Wide-body 0 0
Averageageofaircraftinthefleetis7.3years.
8%
9.08.07.06.05.04.03.02.01.00.0
Seats(m)
81% 19%
9Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 9
Ownership Mixofstate&publicly-listed
AllianceMembership StarAlliance
Domicile Turkey
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
Extensiveglobalnetwork
Fastestgrowingregion:Upper South America
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:Turkey – Israel
Africa Asia Pacific Europe
Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
IST 30,860,649 77.00% 269
ESB 6,871,825 73.40% 48
SAW 5,698,265 30.60% 62
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
SAW-ESB 839,628 2,300
ESB-IST 472,762 1,295
ADB-IST 450,729 1,235
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 551 PassengersCarried 64,627,517
Seats 85,079,215 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 77%
Flights 454,614 OTP(last12months) 79.10%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 187 AverageStageLength 2,267km
ASKs 167,775m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:51
NetNewRoutes -8 CountriesServed 125
OAG’s take on...
TurkishAirlinesisoneofonlytwoairlinesintheTop20tohavereducedcapacityoverthepastyear,scalingbackairlineseatsby1%althoughrecentmonthsshowthatgrowthmayhavereturned.ItcontinuestooperatetothelargestnumberofcountriesofanyTop20airline.
Fleet and orders
302aircraftinthefleet209aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 203 167
Wide-body 99 42
Averageageofaircraftinthefleetis7years.
-1%
9.08.07.06.05.04.03.02.01.00.0
Seats(m)
58% 42%
10Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 10
Ownership Mixofstate&publicly-listed
AllianceMembership StarAlliance
Domicile China
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
MostlyAsia-Pacificnetworkwith79%ofcapacityinChina’sdomesticmarket
Fastestgrowingregion:Middle East
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:China – Australia
Africa Asia Pacific
Europe Latin America
Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
PEK 23,064,360 38.40% 153
CTU 7,748,507 27.30% 74
HGH 3,192,781 15.40% 34
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
PEK-CTU 1,851,557 5,073
PEK-SHA 1,754,565 4,807
SZX-PEK 1,196,126 3,277
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 484 PassengersCarried 61,656,312
Seats 83,249,431 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 76%
Flights 453,976 OTP(last12months) 58.50%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 183 AverageStageLength 2,263km
ASKs 167,227m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 03:00
NetNewRoutes 23 CountriesServed 44
OAG’s take on...
AirChinaisthemostinternationallyfocusedofthe3Chinesemajors,servingthegreatestnumberofinternationalroutesintheTop20.ItsstrategyappearstobetoconnectmoreofChinatotheworld,withincreasedcapacitytodestinationsinEuropeandtheMiddleEast.
Fleet and orders
389aircraftinthefleet70aircraftonorder–relativelylowcomparedtoothermajorChinesecarriers
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 279 56
Wide-body 110 14
Averageageofaircraftinthefleet–6.5years.
8%
8.07.06.05.04.03.02.01.00.0
Seats(m)
21%
79%
11Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 11
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership StarAlliance(foundermember)
Domicile Germany
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
Internationalcapacityrepresentsmorethanthreequartersofthenetwork
Fastestgrowingregion:Eastern Africa
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:Germany – Spain
Africa Asia Pacific Europe
Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
FRA 25,772,767 63.90% 179
MUC 16,152,779 54.60% 141
TXL 1,814,476 12.70% 4
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
FRA-TXL 824,267 2,258
TXL-MUC 704,905 1,931
HAM-MUC 690,852 1,893
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 325 PassengersCarried 63,550,078
Seats 83,175,267 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 77%
Flights 499,641 OTP(last12months) 77.80%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 166 AverageStageLength 3,006km
ASKs 185,973m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:23
NetNewRoutes -6 CountriesServed 80
OAG’s take on...
Lufthansaoperatesanextensivenetworkwithflightstoandfrom80countriesbutisoneofonlytwoairlinesintheTop20whichhasseenadeclineinseatcapacityinthepast12months.
Fleet and orders
273aircraftinthefleet147aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 169 93
Wide-body 104 54
Averageageofaircraftnthefleet-11.5years.
-1%
9.08.07.06.05.04.03.02.01.00.0
Seats(m)
78% 22%
12Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 12
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership oneworld
Domicile Brazil
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
ExtensivenetworkacrossLatinAmerica
Fastestgrowingregion:Southern Africa
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:Columbia – Argentina
Africa Asia Pacific Europe
Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
GRU 8,150,821 37% 51
SCL 8,103,694 65% 46
LIM 6,724,829 52% 49
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
CGH-SDU 1,713,856 4,695
LIM-CUZ 1,202,580 3,295
SCL-ANF 1,043,013 2,858
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 402 PassengersCarried 63,730,268
Seats 81,715,360 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 79%
Flights 215,299 OTP(last12months) 79.90%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 179 AverageStageLength 2,480km
ASKs 64,179m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:22
NetNewRoutes -16 CountriesServed 26
OAG’s take on...
AnnualdatashowsthatLATAMcapacityinthelast12monthsremainsunchangedcomparedtotheprevious12months,buttheairlinemayhaveturnedacornerwithmonthlydatashowingthatdeclinestowardstheendof2016havenowbecomegrowthinthesecondhalfof2017.
Fleet and orders
300aircraftinthefleet84aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 218 54
Wide-body 82 30
Averageageofaircraftinthefleet–7.8years.
0%
8.07.06.05.04.03.02.01.00.0
Seats(m)
23%
77%
13Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 13
Ownership State-owned
AllianceMembership None
Domicile UnitedArabEmirates
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
Networkisgeographicallydiverse
Fastestgrowingregion:Eastern / Central Europe
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:South Africa
Africa Asia Pacific Europe
Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
DXB 35,874,363 62.50% 135
BKK 1,472,653 3.90% 5
LHR 1,130,676 2.30% 3
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
DXB-DOH 696,763 1,909
DOH-DXB 636,705 1,744
DXB-KWI 620,620 1,700
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 159 PassengersCarried 56,971,249
Seats 77,106,673 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 74%
Flights 193,282 OTP(last12months) 79.70%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 399 AverageStageLength 4,986km
ASKs 366,509m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 06:08
NetNewRoutes 2 CountriesServed 80
OAG’s take on...
TheEmiratesfleetisrelativelyyoungandwithalmostasmanyaircraftonorderasarebeingoperatedtoday.Whelongestaveragesectorlengths,theairlinewillcontinuetooperatewithcostadvantagesoverpeers.
Fleet and orders
262aircraftinthefleet–allwidebody209aircraftonorder–ahighnumberrelativetothesizeoftheexistingfleet
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 0 0
Wide-body 262 209
Withanaverageaircraftageof5.6yearsthefleetisrelativelyyoung.
5%
8.07.06.05.04.03.02.01.00.0
Seats(m)
100%
14Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 14
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership StarAlliance
Domicile Japan
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
83%ofnetworkisdomesticwithInternationalcapacityfocusedonAsia
Fastestgrowingregion:Southwest Pacific
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:Japan – Germany
Africa Asia Pacific
Europe Latin America
Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
HND 22,572,528 42.50% 64
ITM 5,774,443 57.30% 20
CTS 4,873,211 33.50% 23
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
CTS-HND 2,743,280 7,516
FUK-HND 2,571,621 7,046
HND-ITM 1,813,495 4,968
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 229 PassengersCarried 49,213,527
Seats 73,537,274 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 67%
Flights 357,677 OTP(last12months) 84.00%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 206 AverageStageLength 3,225km
ASKs 108,530m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:17
NetNewRoutes 3 CountriesServed 31
OAG’s take on...
Despitestronggrowthof8%oninternationalroutes,partlyinresponsetogrowingcompetitionfromChinesecarriers,overallANA’sgrowthisdepressedbycapacityreductionsinthedomesticmarket.
Fleet and orders
221aircraftinthefleet97aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 59 47
Wide-body 162 50
Averageageofaircraftinthefleet–9.4years.
0%
8.07.06.05.04.03.02.01.00.0
Seats(m)
17%
83%
15Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 15
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership oneworld
Domicile UnitedKingdom
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
GlobalairlinebutnetworkpredominantlyEuropean
Fastestgrowingregion:Upper South America
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:UK – Germany
Africa Asia Pacific Europe
Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
LHR 23,558,492 47.80% 157
LGW 3,773,978 14.60% 65
LCY 1,589,463 46.50% 35
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
JFK-LHR 593,391 1,626
LHR-AMS 501,427 1,374
EDI-LHR 450,688 1,235
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 321 PassengersCarried 47,467,290
Seats 61,879,039 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 77%
Flights 363,885 OTP(last12months) 78.40%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 170 AverageStageLength 2,964km
ASKs 184,851m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 03:22
NetNewRoutes 14 CountriesServed 87
OAG’s take on...
Overall capacity growth is flat although the airline continues to add routes and serve new country destinations. The fleet is ageing and although new aircraft are on order, there are fewer orders than its European low-cost airline competitors.
Fleet and orders
268aircraftinthefleet70aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 130 35
Wide-body 138 35
Averageageofaircraftinthefleet–13.4years.
0%
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
Seats(m)
17%
83%
16Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 16
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership StarAlliance
Domicile Canada
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
MostlyNorthAmericannetworkwith49%ofcapacityinthedomesticmarket
Fastestgrowingregion:North Africa
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:Canada – Mexico
Africa Asia Pacific Europe
Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
YYZ 16,248,349 57.50% 162
YVR 6,981,305 47.00% 64
YUL 6,089,094 53.70% 88
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
YYZ-YVR 889,521 2,437
YYZ-YUL 721,110 1,976
YYZ-LGA 615,332 1,686
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 416 PassengersCarried 47,823,508
Seats 60,848,303 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 80%
Flights 582,068 OTP(last12months) 68.40%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 105 AverageStageLength 3,004km
ASKs 163,540m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:29
NetNewRoutes 25 CountriesServed 60
OAG’s take on...
AirCanadaisgrowingstrongly,recording8%seatgrowthoverthepast12months.Theairlinehasastrongpresenceineachofitsmainairportbases.However,on-timeperformanceisaweakness.
Fleet and orders
169aircraftinthefleet114aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 97 106
Wide-body 72 8
Averageageofaircraftinthefleetisrelativelyoldat14.6years.
8%
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
Seats(m)
51% 49%
17
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 17
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership None
Domicile India
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Low-cost
KPIs
RoutesOperated 187 PassengersCarried 41,514,411
Seats 58,357,440 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 76%
Flights 325,159 OTP(last12months) 77.70%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 179 AverageStageLength 1,091km
ASKs 59,154m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 01:54
NetNewRoutes 39 CountriesServed 8
OAG’s take on...
ThefastestgrowingoftheTop20,IndigoisIndia’sbiggestlow-costcarrier.StillservingpredominantlytheIndiandomesticmarketbutrecordingstronggrowthoninternationalcapacitytoo.
Network
HeavilyfocusedonservingIndia’sdomesticmarket
Fastestgrowingregion:Middle East
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:India - Oman
Africa Asia Pacific
Europe Latin America
Middle East North America
SouthAsia CentralAsiaSEAsia NEAsiaSWPacific Other
Fleet and orders
138aircraftinthefleetHugenumberofaircraftonorder–456–allnarrow-body
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 138 456
Wide-body 0 0
OneoftheyoungestfleetsamongtheTop20airlinesat6yearsfortheaverageaircraftage.
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
DEL 9,977,940 26.70% 34
BOM 6,226,020 22.00% 30
BLR 5,733,540 39.50% 26
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
DEL-BOM 1,378,731 3,777
BLR-DEL 1,234,274 3,382
CCU-DEL 937,787 2,569
22%
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
Seats(m)
5%
95%
18Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 18
Ownership Mixofstate&publicly-listed
AllianceMembership SkyTeam(foundermember)
Domicile France
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
MostlyEuropeannetworkwithsignificantcapacitytoallotherregions
Fastestgrowingregion:Central America
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:France – Spain
Africa Asia Pacific
Europe Latin America
Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
CDG 21,196,179 51.30% 165
ORY 6,790,569 33.90% 30
TLS 1,650,595 27.70% 7
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
ORY-TLS 1,694,987 4,644
NCE-ORY 1,301,602 3,566
ORY-BOD 924,637 2,533
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 260 PassengersCarried 43,409,986
Seats 58,348,694 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 75%
Flights 332,961 OTP(last12months) 75.80%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 175 AverageStageLength 3,393km
ASKs 165,611m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:52
NetNewRoutes -1 CountriesServed 99
OAG’s take on...
Overthelast12months,AirFrancehasmaintainedcapacityatthesamelevelasintheprevious12months,althoughthenumberofcountriesitoperatestohasincreasedandisthesecondhighestofanyoftheTop20airlines.
Fleet and orders
225aircraftinthefleet.Thereare48aircraftonorder,ofwhichallbut2arewide-bodyaircraft
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 119 2
Wide-body 106 46
Averageageofaircraftinthefleet–12.8years.
0%
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
Seats(m)
70%30%
19Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 19
Ownership Mixofstate&publicly-listed
AllianceMembership SkyTeam
Domicile RussianFederation
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
50%ofcapacityinthedomesticmarket,withtheremaindermostlytoEuropeandAsiaPacific
Fastestgrowingregion:South Asia
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:Russia – Israel
Africa Asia Pacific Europe
Latin America Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
SVO 20,461,058 90.50% 143
LED 4,090,868 46.40% 52
VKO 2,115,522 23.60% 21
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
LED-SVO 879,764 2,410
SVO-SIP 456,393 1,250
SVO-AER 456,376 1,250
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 250 PassengersCarried 40,379,852
Seats 51,956,455 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 81%
Flights 315,220 OTP(last12months) n/a
AverageSeats/Aircraft 165 AverageStageLength 2,519m
ASKs 124,502m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 03:08
NetNewRoutes -8 CountriesServed 55
OAG’s take on...
Aeroflotgrewverystronglyoverthepast12monthswithcapacityupby15%.TheairlinebenefitsfromhavingtheyoungestairlinefleetoftheTop20airlines.
Fleet and orders
208aircraftinthefleet72aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 170 52
Wide-body 38 20
AeroflothastheyoungestaircraftfleetamongtheTop20airlines–4.2years.
15%
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
Seats(m)
50% 50%
20Business overview
GlobalRanking(seats) 20
Ownership Publicly-listed
AllianceMembership oneworld
Domicile Japan
CarrierType(OAGcategory) Mainline
Network
80%ofcapacityoperatesinJapanesenetworkandtherestmainlyInAsia-Pacific
Fastestgrowingregion:Eastern Europe
Fastestgrowingcountrypair:Japan – Thailand
Africa Asia Pacific
Europe Latin America
Middle East North America
Africa Asia-PacificEurope LatinAmerica
MiddleEast NorthAmerica
Network key metrics
Top3Airports Seats ShareofAirportCapacity Routes
HND 17,670,882 33.20% 47
ITM 4,058,826 40.30% 25
CTS 3,510,820 24.20% 15
Top3Routes PassengerBookings AverageBookingsperday
FUK-HND 2,258,630 6,188
CTS-HND 1,947,550 5,336
OKA-HND 1,748,483 4,790
Seats(m)
Capacity
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17
Year-on-YearGrowth
DomesticInternational
KPIs
RoutesOperated 145 PassengersCarried 36,533,561
Seats 51,297,559 AverageBookingsLoadFactor 72%
Flights 286,712 OTP(last12months) 86.00%
AverageSeats/Aircraft 179 AverageStageLength 2,534km
ASKs 81,451m AverageFlightTime(hh:mm) 02:19
NetNewRoutes 9 CountriesServed 23
OAG’s take on...
InJapan’scompetitivemarket,JapanAirlineshasmanagedtosecuresomecapacitygrowth,unlikeANA.Thishastakenplaceinthedomesticmarket,whilstinternationalcapacityisdown3%.
Fleet and orders
161aircraftinthefleet83aircraftonorder
Type InUse OnOrder
Narrow-body 50 38
Wide-body 111 45
Averageaircraftage–9.4years.
1%
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
Seats(m)
20%
80%
Top 20 Airline comparison
• IndigohasthelargestorderbookbyfaroftheTop20with456narrowbodiedaircraftonorder.
• Indigoisalsofastestgrowingintermsofcapacity,with22%moreseatsinthelast12months.
• AAremainsthelargestcarrieroftheGlobalTop20,withjustunder200mpassengerscarriedinthelast12months.
• EmiratesistheonlycarrierintheTop20withanexclusivelyinternationaloperation.
Code Airline
AA AmericanAirlines
DL DeltaAirLines
WN SouthwestAirlines
UA UnitedAirlines
FR Ryanair
CZ ChinaSouthernAirlines
MU ChinaEasternAirlines
U2 easyJet
TK TurkishAirlines
CA AirChina
LH LufthansaGermanAirlines
LA LATAMGroupEK EmiratesNH AllNipponAirwaysBA BritishAirwaysAC AirCanada6E IndiGoAF AirFranceSU AeroflotRussianAirlinesJL JapanAirlines
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Aircrafton
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6E DL UA AA WN TK EK CZ FR MU LH U2 AC NH LA JL SU CA BA AF 6E SU FR AC U2 CA CZ MU EK WN UA AA DL JL BA NH AF LA TK LH
AA DL UA WN FR CZ MU U2 TK LA LH CA EK NH AC BA AF 6E SU JL
EK BA FR U2 LH AF TK AC SU LA UA CA JL MU NH AA DL CZ 6E WN
Fleet Orders Seat Growth
Passenger Bookings
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