November 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
November capacity:
173.9bn ASKs/wk
7.1%
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Notes: Data based on one week of schedules data, November 2017 against November 2016
Figures reflect airlines operating nonstop unrestricted scheduled passenger services

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Asia-Pacific airline capacity: November 2017

Capacity among leading Asia-Pacific carriers remains largely on the rise in November,
the first month of the winter season FlightGlobal schedules data show.

Only one of the 10 carriers tracked by FlightGlobal is set to cut capacity in terms of ASKs Taiwanese
carrier China Airlines. Star Alliance operator All Nippon Airways is cutting capacity in terms of seats, but
will raise it as measured by ASKs November data shows.

Both Cathay Pacific and Singapore Asia-Pacific airline capacity

Airlines are lifting mainline capacity Airline Seats 2017 Change % ASKs 2017 Change %

in November, having kept capacity China Southern Airlines 10,159,169 8.4 16,250,917,445 9.5
China Eastern Airlines 9,771,476 9.5 14,108,480,446 10.3
growth to low levels or reduced it
Air China 7,293,609 12.5 14,658,708,280 14.6
over much of the summer. Singapore All Nippon Airways 6,895,748 -1.4 9,828,398,667 3.2
Airlines, low-cost unit Scoot and Cathay Pacific Airways 2,371,248 3.4 10,547,989,787 5.3
regional arm Silk Air have throughout Thai Airways International 2,105,854 1.1 7,115,781,848 4.9

that period expanded capacity. Singapore Airlines 2,045,539 1.7 9,702,661,598 1.4
Air New Zealand 1,728,061 4.1 3,486,171,627 4.9

The big Gulf three Emirates, Etihad China Airlines 1,408,206 -0.3 3,858,464,131 -1.6
EVA Air 1,271,327 5.5 4,948,586,562 7.4
Airways and Qatar Airways dominate Source: FlightGlobal
the market between Asia-Pacific
and the Middle East. FlightGlobal
schedules data for November shows they are the three biggest operators in that market by any
measure of capacity. Emirates is the largest of the three.

Only three Asian carriers, all Indian operators, rank among the 10 biggest operators between Asia-
Pacific and the Middle East in terms of seats. Jet Airways, which has a partnership with minority
shareholder Etihad, is the biggest of these carriers.

Asia-Pacific to Middle East: November 2017

Top 10 airlines by seats Top 10 airports by departing seats
Airline Flights Seats ASKs Airport Flights Seats ASKs
Emirates 2,765 1,142,733 5,657,641,505 Mumbai 1,514 326,554 729,263,592
Qatar Airways 2,379 663,648 3,577,446,524 Delhi 1,311 275,882 671,254,079
Etihad Airways 1,867 428,944 2,265,513,850 Bangkok Suvarnabhumi 734 252,634 1,301,880,929
Saudia 997 350,044 1,767,101,133 Karachi 882 209,463 335,514,725
Jet Airways 1,212 212,984 531,691,172 Dhaka 634 195,193 785,796,070
Oman Air 1,124 199,758 596,420,481 Kochi 913 191,786 576,073,277
Flydubai 1,045 189,300 464,086,916 Colombo 790 190,148 683,236,664
Air India Express 996 185,256 489,103,301 Manila Nonoy Aquino 526 177,831 1,297,055,171
Air Arabia 1,102 185,136 464,198,168 Kuala Lumpur 484 156,501 958,355,975
IndiGo 690 124,200 311,447,462 Jakarta 443 151,302 1,095,491,690

Top 10 routes by seats

Origin Destination Flights Seats ASKs
Mumbai Dubai 501 120,208 231,566,861
Delhi Dubai 416 103,488 226,338,450
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Dubai 257 94,520 461,821,733
Karachi Dubai 325 89,631 106,742,863
Singapore Changi Dubai 150 61,260 358,171,707
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Doha 150 58,794 309,406,653
Jakarta Jeddah 149 56,767 452,128,917
Kochi Dubai 236 56,290 156,720,655
Hong Kong Dubai 144 54,798 324,975,849
Colombo Dubai 184 54,057 177,646,463

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Europe airline capacity: November 2017

Virtually all European airlines are adding capacity in November, the start of the winter
season FlightGlobal schedules data shows. Only Air France-KLMs Dutch leisure unit,
Transavia Airlines, shows a reduction in November capacity versus the same month in
2016. That drop is countered by increased capacity at French sister carrier, Transavia
France.
Europe airline capacity
The figures exclude Air Berlin, which operated Airline Seats 2017 Change % ASKs 2017 Change %

the last flights under its own brand at the end Ryanair 9,730,854 5.0 12,204,501,443 9.2
Lufthansa 7,081,654 8.7 14,810,673,211 4.8
of October and has sold parts of its former
Turkish Airlines 6,792,416 12.3 13,486,644,645 9.6
operation to EasyJet and Lufthansa. Neither do EasyJet 5,791,812 4.9 6,158,797,545 6.9
the figures include another European carrier in British Airways 5,162,673 3.0 15,114,764,316 3.0
formal restructuring, Alitalia. Air France 4,490,900 1.2 13,008,766,024 3.3
SAS 3,616,437 0.2 3,902,494,198 1.6
The figures though show a return to capacity Norwegian 3,242,616 9.1 6,297,586,089 29.0
growth at IAGs Spanish low-cost unit Vueling. KLM 3,099,038 7.6 9,130,138,105 4.0
Vueling Airlines 2,541,430 14.5 2,424,033,988 11.8
The latter cut capacity slightly during the third
Wizz Air 2,467,240 19.8 3,542,966,000 20.3
quarter, as part of efforts to strengthen its Iberia 2,281,775 4.0 5,170,808,162 4.3
network following operational challenges last Swiss 1,770,528 1.1 3,816,620,698 4.9
summer. Austrian 1,374,539 6.1 1,886,389,097 1.0
Finnair 1,364,004 11.0 3,142,092,733 18.0
FlightGlobal schedules data for November Aer Lingus 1,133,460 5.0 1,980,865,685 11.6

shows Air France and Paris as the key European Air Europa 1,063,466 6.6 2,402,711,947 4.5
Brussels Airlines 970,385 8.4 1,566,651,379 21.1
points for routes serving Africa. The SkyTeam
Transavia Airlines 487,190 -8.4 883,184,492 -4.2
carrier is the biggest operator in terms of seats Transavia France 384,804 13.2 587,039,196 22.9
between Europe and Africa, while the Parisian Icelandair 326,682 10.2 1,011,495,486 12.1
airports of Charles de Gaulle and Orly are the Source: FlightGlobal

biggest airports by seat capacity on European

routes to Africa. That reflects the strong
transport links between France and North Africa.

Europe to Africa: November 2017

Top 10 airlines by seats Top 10 airports by departing seats
Airline Flights Seats ASKs Airport Flights Seats ASKs
Air France 977 233,363 1,180,313,870 Paris Charles De Gaulle 1,568 347,353 1,537,532,997
Air Algerie 1,252 217,291 259,657,866 Paris Orly 1,416 282,604 865,720,470
Royal Air Maroc 1,240 179,321 324,731,634 Istanbul Ataturk 1,242 224,172 772,998,341
Turkish Airlines 950 178,313 683,587,820 London Heathrow 603 168,845 1,131,538,297
Ryanair 795 150,255 268,394,877 Frankfurt 586 133,947 725,614,046
Tunisair 909 143,245 181,924,822 Amsterdam Schiphol 477 120,390 707,381,963
British Airways 362 107,130 769,417,230 Brussels 471 99,574 400,905,200
Air Arabia Maroc 532 92,568 172,591,697 Marseille 565 94,716 138,986,597
Egyptair 567 90,201 244,844,739 Lisbon 490 91,597 325,003,905
Aigle Azur 516 87,300 117,609,025 London Gatwick 379 75,879 299,220,062

Top 10 routes by seats

Origin Destination Flights Seats ASKs
Paris Charles De Gaulle Algiers 302 51,453 70,467,546
London Heathrow Johannesburg 141 47,413 428,827,510
Paris Orly St. Denis 99 43,144 402,853,386
Paris Orly Algiers 227 41,520 55,594,209
Paris Orly Tunis 158 28,141 41,257,869
Istanbul Ataturk Algiers 142 27,479 62,221,992
Paris Orly Casablanca 154 27,337 51,825,682
Lisbon Luanda 90 25,789 148,540,570
Paris Charles De Gaulle Casablanca 161 24,383 47,049,521
Paris Charles De Gaulle Mauritius 61 23,502 221,528,156

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North America airline capacity: November 2017

All US carriers will lift seat ASK capacity this November compared with the same
month last year, FlightGlobal schedules data for the first month of the winter season
shows.

But the biggest US carrier group in terms of capacity, American Airlines, is increasing its capacity at the
slowest rate albeit off a much bigger
base number. It will lift ask capacity by North America airline capacity
just over 1% and its seat capacity with Airline Seats 2017 Change % ASKs 2017 Change %

be fractionally down November figures American Airlines 19,585,526 -0.5 33,972,170,567 1.1
Delta Air Lines 17,755,590 1.5 30,108,601,743 2.0
show.
Southwest Airlines 16,811,325 4.1 20,291,702,873 2.6
United Airlines 14,809,267 4.6 33,402,639,946 4.8
United Airlines, which has found itself
JetBlue Airways 3,909,421 5.9 7,207,387,385 5.3
at the heart of a major pricing battle Alaska Airlines 3,649,068 6.2 6,184,545,816 9.8
since rolling out its basic economy Spirit Airlines 2,486,284 13.4 4,118,949,835 17.5
offering, is lifting capacity at the WestJet 2,399,357 8.0 4,005,310,637 8.6
Hawaiian Airlines 1,173,678 5.8 2,485,196,389 5.9
highest rate of the US majors. It is set
Allegiant Air 1,145,687 9.2 1,644,602,122 9.1
to lift seat and ASK capacity by 4.6%
Virgin America 917,804 7.2 2,242,987,136 11.7
and 4.8% respectively this month, Source: FlightGlobal

compared with November last year.

United remains the biggest carrier by a distance on routes between North America and Asia-Pacific
with around double the capacity of the next biggest operator, FlightGlobal schedules data for
November shows.

The Star Alliance carrier stands out above several carriers with similar levels of capacity. Korean Air
is the second biggest carrier in the sector in terms of seats, Cathay Pacific the second biggest as
measured by ASKs, while Delta Air Lines has the second most flights between the two regions.

SkyTeam partners Delta and Korean this summer struck a deal on a new joint venture providing each
with a series of onwards connections via their USA-South Korea services.

North America to Asia-Pacific: November 2017

Top 10 airlines by seats Top 10 airports by departing seats
Airline Flights Seats ASKs Airport Flights Seats ASKs
United Airlines 1,306 324,087 2,940,903,034 Los Angeles 1,581 493,286 5,190,580,597
Korean Air Lines 541 167,556 1,462,065,026 San Francisco 969 291,914 3,011,935,250
Delta Air Lines 619 153,718 1,377,697,313 Honolulu 935 247,428 1,691,087,039
Air Canada 458 144,964 1,521,277,625 Vancouver 682 199,169 1,911,754,841
Cathay Pacific Airways 444 128,785 1,526,416,593 New York JFK 575 172,646 2,031,420,475
EVA Air 366 123,168 1,366,102,810 Toronto 365 119,051 1,366,969,305
American Airlines 446 118,613 1,276,405,161 Chicago O'Hare 429 115,020 1,264,744,847
Japan Airlines 540 117,330 923,805,109 Seattle 301 74,861 663,969,390
All Nippon Airways 480 111,900 987,462,615 Newark Liberty 244 71,278 851,890,056
Air China 282 91,128 922,475,229 Dallas Fort Worth 251 70,547 826,368,615

Top 10 routes by seats

Origin Destination Flights Seats ASKs
Honolulu Tokyo Narita 314 73,634 452,442,303
Los Angeles Seoul Incheon 150 62,040 596,765,807
Los Angeles Taipei Taoyuan 150 50,640 554,099,330
San Francisco Taipei Taoyuan 142 48,645 506,435,622
Los Angeles Tokyo Narita 180 46,890 411,344,127
Los Angeles Sydney Kingsford Smith 138 44,646 537,946,734
San Francisco Hong Kong 146 44,630 496,598,209
Honolulu Seoul Incheon 126 42,940 314,912,540
Vancouver Hong Kong 129 42,000 431,375,005
Los Angeles Shanghai Pudong 131 36,316 379,015,416

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