STATISTICS SPOTLIGHT: Top 50 Airlines - July 2013

Every month The HUB is providing statistics highlighting global airline and airport activity. Alongside detailing the top 50 airlines and airports each month by available seat capacity we look at how these figures compare with the same month the previous year and in 2010, showing which airlines and airports are growing and which are constraining. The data is extracted from Innovata and is based on uploaded schedules as at July 1, 2013.

WORLD TOP 50 AIRLINES BY SEAT CAPACITY (non-stop departures; July 2013)

Rank

Airline

Available Seats

% Global Capacity

% Change (2012)

% Change (2010)

1

Southwest Airlines (WN)

14,332,521

3.7 %

1.7 %

6.4 %

2

Delta Air Lines (DL)

13,689,770

3.6 %

5.6 %

7.6 %

3

Ryanair (FR)

10,052,154

2.6 %

1.1 %

17.3 %

4

United Airlines (UA)

9,876,744

2.6 %

(-5.1) %

65.0 %

5

American Airlines (AA)

9,843,042

2.6 %

5.5 %

3.4 %

6

China Southern Airlines (CZ)

9,506,569

2.5 %

9.4 %

15.9 %

7

China Eastern Airlines (MU)

8,167,263

2.1 %

8.0 %

28.5 %

8

easyJet (U2)

6,528,018

1.7 %

3.0 %

26.7 %

9

US Airways (US)

6,204,071

1.6 %

5.8 %

6.4 %

10

Air China (CA)

6,080,101

1.6 %

6.7 %

13.4 %

11

Lufthansa (LH)

6,021,075

1.6 %

(-3.6) %

2.5 %

12

All Nippon Airways (NH)

5,507,158

1.4 %

0.4 %

19.2 %

13

Emirates Airline (EK)

5,158,884

1.3 %

14.0 %

39.5 %

14

Turkish Airlines (TK)

4,961,564

1.3 %

8.7 %

42.6 %

15

Gol Transportes Aéreos (G3)

4,854,819

1.3 %

9.8 %

11.9 %

16

Air France (AF)

4,726,313

1.2 %

(-4.5) %

(-0.9) %

17

British Airways (BA)

4,501,822

1.2 %

7.6 %

12.2 %

18

TAM Airlines (JJ)

4,273,891

1.1 %

(-4.0) %

(-3.3) %

19

Lion Air (JT)

4,015,359

1.1 %

32.9 %

95.6 %

20

ExpressJet (EV)

3,887,976

1.0 %

1.5 %

158.7 %

21

JetBlue Airways (B6)

3,462,950

0.9 %

6.5 %

24.6 %

22

airberlin (AB)

3,433,786

0.9 %

(-3.2) %

(-6.2) %

23

Qantas Airways (QF)

3,257,666

0.9 %

(-0.7) %

2.7 %

24

SkyWest Airlines (OO)

3,159,037

0.8 %

4.5 %

7.7 %

25

Japan Airlines (JL)

3,020,418

0.8 %

(-0.5) %

(-34.8) %

26

Hainan Airlines (HU)

2,937,181

0.8 %

32.5 %

39.3 %

27

Air Canada (AC)

2,891,500

0.8 %

(-0.2) %

(-0.9) %

28

Korean Air (KE)

2,746,972

0.7 %

(-1.0) %

(-0.6) %

29

Saudia (SV)

2,594,075

0.7 %

(-0.2) %

29.0 %

30

Shenzhen Airlines (ZH)

2,588,560

0.7 %

6.4 %

19.0 %

31

Cathay Pacific Airways (CX)

2,547,116

0.7 %

4.3 %

16.7 %

32

Alitalia (AZ)

2,532,011

0.7 %

(-6.3) %

(-9.0) %

33

Vueling (VY)

2,500,150

0.7 %

13.7 %

58.0 %

34

Norwegian (DY)

2,451,956

0.6 %

14.9 %

53.3 %

35

Thai Airways International (TG)

2,414,554

0.6 %

7.0 %

17.2 %

36

Xiamen Airlines (MF)

2,413,210

0.6 %

19.8 %

52.6 %

37

Aeroflot Russian Airlines (SU)

2,395,334

0.6 %

16.6 %

66.5 %

38

AirAsia (AK)

2,381,760

0.6 %

15.7 %

34.9 %

39

IndiGo (6E)

2,358,900

0.6 %

21.6 %

136.7 %

40

SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK)

2,320,007

0.6 %

(-0.1) %

5.2 %

41

Alaska Airlines (AS)

2,315,208

0.6 %

7.7 %

15.8 %

42

Garuda Indonesia (GA)

2,283,400

0.6 %

16.1 %

49.3 %

43

Qatar Airways (QR)

2,277,536

0.6 %

9.4 %

30.7 %

44

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL)

2,234,831

0.6 %

5.6 %

11.8 %

45

Malaysia Airlines (MH)

2,209,237

0.6 %

16.7 %

19.0 %

46

Virgin Australia (VA)

2,200,151

0.6 %

2.4 %

17.6 %

47

American Eagle Airlines (MQ)

2,197,322

0.6 %

(-2.2) %

10.8 %

48

Singapore Airlines (SQ)

2,190,243

0.6 %

4.8 %

16.6 %

49

AirTran Airways (FL)

2,165,249

0.6 %

(-16.8) %

(-23.4) %

50

WestJet Airlines (WS)

2,127,226

0.6 %

8.6 %

21.4 %

GLOBAL TOTAL

382,200,990

-

5.5 %

14.4 %

Richard Maslen

Richard Maslen has travelled across the globe to report on developments in the aviation sector as airlines and airports have continued to evolve and…