August 2017

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:
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Focus on: Europe

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Notes: Data based on one week of schedules data, August 2017 against August 2016
Figures reflect airlines operating nonstop unrestricted scheduled passenger services

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Asia-Pacific airline capacity: August 2017

FlightGlobal schedules data for August shows all 10 airline operating groups tracked in
the Asia-Pacific monthly report will increase capacity in terms of ASKs compared with
the same month last year.

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

from other airlines put intense and Source: FlightGlobal

increasing pressure on passenger yield

and revenue.

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.

Intra-Asia-Pacific: August 2017

Top 10 airlines by seats Top 10 airports by departing seats
Airline Flights Seats ASKs Airport Flights Seats ASKs
China Southern Airlines 65,824 10,636,724 14,718,217,009 Tokyo Haneda 20,387 4,876,182 5,316,948,159
China Eastern Airlines 63,896 10,386,371 12,487,503,550 Beijing Capital 23,700 4,631,976 7,341,727,196
All Nippon Airways 38,310 7,560,452 7,790,117,672 Jakarta 19,698 3,584,504 4,194,652,408
Air China 38,184 6,769,452 9,702,602,685 Guangzhou 19,185 3,267,417 4,944,582,258
IndiGo 28,407 5,113,260 4,840,259,298 Shanghai 18,116 3,245,272 5,351,018,498
Lion Air 22,469 4,679,602 3,990,551,676 Hong Kong 13,471 3,217,202 6,659,226,664
Japan Airlines 23,830 4,148,989 4,454,344,851 Singapore Changi 14,304 3,112,291 8,279,887,401
Xiamen Airlines 24,901 3,922,611 4,826,432,673 Kuala Lumpur 16,043 3,044,891 5,809,497,052
Hainan Airlines 22,241 3,892,862 5,133,709,525 Delhi 16,597 2,856,352 3,774,025,826
Shenzhen Airlines 21,891 3,373,281 4,296,594,420 Bangkok Suvarnabhumi 12895 2,678,018 5,456,511,969

Top 10 routes by seats

Origin Destination Flights Seats ASKs
Seoul Gimpo Jeju 3,379 700,176 314,383,910
Tokyo Haneda Sapporo 2,055 630,090 517,156,098
Tokyo Haneda Fukuoka 1,922 530,212 467,604,840
Sydney Kingsford Smith Melbourne 2,470 460,572 325,395,048
Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi 1,977 407,974 462,225,640
Mumbai Delhi 2,042 374,824 425,873,855
Hong Kong Taipei 1,248 358,253 279,051,322
Beijing Capital Shanghai Metro 1,363 348,131 373,695,113
Okinawa Tokyo Haneda 1,015 345,502 536,570,468
Surabaya Jakarta 1,720 307,748 209,500,225

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Europe airline capacity: August 2017

FlightGlobal schedules data for August
underlines the major overhaul taking Europe airline capacity
place at restructuring Air Berlin, as well Airline Seats 2017 Change % ASKs 2017 Change %
Ryanair 13,054,444 8.9 16,547,609,696 11.3
as the capacity control being deployed EasyJet 8,560,626 7.9 9,991,327,115 8.7
this summer at Vueling and the slower Turkish Airlines 8,294,274 2.9 15,846,240,579 -2.1
Turkish market. Lufthansa 7,489,212 2.9 17,516,755,927 1.9
British Airways 5,717,095 -1.0 16,640,484,833 0.6
Air France 4,985,377 1.3 15,464,698,508 1.2
Capacity at Air Berlin is down around 40%
Vueling Airlines 3,786,136 -4.6 3,711,699,189 -8.3
compared with August 2016, reflecting the Norwegian 3,785,239 13.5 6,800,637,753 26.5
change in business model under which it has KLM 3,434,392 3.6 10,044,774,559 0.9
slashed back its fleet and network to focus on SAS 3,412,127 1.6 4,315,165,620 7.2
network operations from Berlin and Dusseldorf. Wizz Air 3,031,676 21.3 4,333,161,825 23.0
Iberia 2,499,374 0.5 6,281,805,950 3.2
Spanish low-cost-carrier Vueling has cut seat Swiss 2,083,070 -2.9 4,337,160,551 -1.1
Air Berlin 1,797,855 -43.4 2,932,639,638 -40.4
and ASK capacity by 5% and 8% respectively,
Austrian 1,691,766 12.7 2,646,225,799 9.9
reflecting its efforts to build its off-peak Aer Lingus 1,575,192 2.4 2,806,918,415 11.7
operations by focusing growth outside the peak Finnair 1,437,584 8.7 3,461,147,970 10.8
third quarter. It also supports efforts to improve Air Europa 1,178,277 -4.8 2,894,134,842 4.9

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

closures at some airports.

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.

Intra-Europe: August 2017

Top 10 airlines by seats Top 10 airports by departing seats
Airline Flights Seats ASKs Airport Flights Seats ASKs
Ryanair 67,522 12,754,690 16,044,496,596 Amsterdam Schiphol 17,608 2,478,883 2,542,872,293
EasyJet 49,967 8,430,282 9,632,829,535 Istanbul Ataturk 14,235 2,464,080 2,952,666,854
Turkish Airlines 34,640 6,142,537 6,492,196,507 Frankfurt 15,589 2,456,616 2,390,817,306
Lufthansa 37,440 5,668,496 4,650,838,848 Barcelona 13,312 2,437,100 2,663,780,501
Vueling Airlines 19,885 3,665,956 3,559,577,691 London Heathrow 13,188 2,213,126 2,313,382,846
British Airways 23,742 3,612,663 3,768,972,309 Munich 14,653 2,160,295 2,093,373,973
Aeroflot 21,603 3,259,296 4,930,395,792 London Gatwick 12,390 2,148,091 3,062,324,278
SAS 23,942 3,196,491 2,742,117,038 Palma de Mallorca 12,264 2,101,444 2,561,515,750
Air France 21,234 2,994,361 2,480,441,605 Paris Charles De Gaulle 13,585 2,041,232 2,059,294,999
Wizz Air 15,206 2,926,896 4,069,342,899 Madrid Barajas 12,588 1,997,087 2,417,479,658

Top 10 routes by seats

Origin Destination Flights Seats ASKs
Izmir Adnan Menderes Istanbul Ataturk 854 162,133 53,490,193
Izmir Adnan Menderes Sabiha Gokcen 720 128,902 44,186,352
Simferopol Moscow Domodedovo 684 127,423 151,339,772
Istanbul Ataturk Antalya 697 125,883 60,776,715
Sabiha Gokcen Antalya 682 122,070 56,381,903
Palma de Mallorca Barcelona 642 117,893 23,716,299
Catania Rome Fuimicino 655 111,963 60,362,639
Istanbul Ataturk Ankara 620 109,637 40,229,152
Bergen Oslo 649 109,405 35,566,197
Bodrum Sabiha Gokcen 618 108,587 46,659,275

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North America airline capacity: August 2017

Ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is the only North American carrier among those
tracked in August by FlightGlobal which is set to increase capacity at a double-digit
rate. North America airline capacity
Airline Seats 2017 Change % ASKs 2017 Change %
FlightGlobal schedules data for August
American Airlines 22,443,772 1.2 41,477,691,286 2.7
shows Spirit will lift capacity in terms Delta Air Lines 21,020,247 1.8 39,771,010,553 1.6
of seats by almost a fifth, and by just Southwest Airlines 17,724,523 6.7 21,878,845,085 7.0
shy of a quarter in terms of ASKs. While United Airlines 17,018,734 6.7 39,630,278,402 4.7

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

American market in terms of overall

capacity, FlightGlobal schedules data for August shows. American Airlines has the most intra-North
American capacity, closely followed by Delta Airlines. Southwest is the third biggest operator in terms
of seat capacity, though United Airlines is bigger as measured by flights and ASKS.

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.

Intra-North America: August 2017

Top 10 airlines by seats Top 10 airports by departing seats
Airline Flights Seats ASKs Airport Flights Seats ASKs
American Airlines 179,819 18,865,623 26,549,144,058 Atlanta 34,865 4,741,364 5,563,754,532
Delta Air Lines 160,572 18,138,550 24,251,888,251 Chicago O'Hare 36,016 3,788,377 5,328,868,967
Southwest Airlines 115,052 17,134,844 20,934,082,770 Los Angeles 23,712 3,347,468 7,547,074,378
United Airlines 133,887 13,971,509 22,748,764,318 Denver 25,029 3,182,733 4,810,339,933
Air Canada 48,925 4,425,404 6,800,456,718 Dallas/Fort Worth 25,272 3,114,626 4,557,420,674
Alaska Airlines 31,129 3,839,262 6,383,873,881 San Francisco 17,937 2,599,068 5,645,963,909
JetBlue Airways 25,570 3,414,190 6,232,677,388 Seattle 18,508 2,497,046 4,899,255,245
Westjet 21,073 2,515,424 3,759,555,281 Las Vegas 14,759 2,338,462 3,970,699,051
Spirit Airlines 14,069 2,503,676 4,119,886,160 Charlotte Douglas 21,689 2,242,982 2,381,906,671
Frontier Airlines 9,225 1,692,150 3,017,051,917 Phoenix 15,266 2,113,645 3,480,972,835

Top 10 routes by seats

Origin Destination Flights Seats ASKs
San Francisco Los Angeles 1,826 220,749 119,722,984
Vancouver Toronto 1,000 197,597 663,033,226
New York La Guardia Chicago O'Hare 1,375 177,194 209,026,753
New York JFK Los Angeles 1,138 172,509 687,125,155
Los Angeles Seattle 1,030 156,998 241,041,256
Los Angeles Chicago O'Hare 826 150,793 423,472,780
Las Vegas Los Angeles 1,050 147,781 56,127,990
San Francisco Seattle 1,005 146,939 160,566,796
San Francisco Chicago O'Hare 726 144,527 429,367,898
Calgary Toronto 859 140,728 379,580,083

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