Where Does the Boeing 747-8I Fly? May 2015 Network Update

Every month Routesonline provides an update on the current schedules of five latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being deployed upon. We regularly look at the operations of the Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing 747-8I, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Sukhoi SSJ100 Superjet. We also reveal the network size of each operator and the top destinations served by the aircraft type. This list for May 2015 was compiled on April 30, 2015 and changes to planned routes are likely.

The data is all supplied by OAG Aviation using its OAG Schedules Analyser tool.


Air China (CA)

Beijing (PEK) – New York (JFK)
Chongqing (CKG) – Beijing (PEK) – San Francisco (SFO)
Beijing (PEK) – Shanghai (SHA)

Air China 747-8I


Lufthansa (LH)

Frankfurt (FRA) – Bangalore (BLR)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Boston (BOS)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Buenos Aires (EZE)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Chicago (ORD)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Hong Kong (HKG)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Mexico City (MEX)
Frankfurt (FRA) – New York (JFK)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Newark (EWR)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Rio de Janeiro (GIG)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Sao Paulo (GRU)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Seoul (ICN)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Tokyo (HND)
Frankfurt (FRA) – Washington (IAD)

Lufthansa 747-8I


Statistics

SCHEDULED BOEING 747-8I OPERATIONS BY AIRLINE (May 2015)

Rank

Airline

Seat Capacity

% Total Seats

Change vs Last Month

1

Lufthansa (LH)

301,756

78.7 %

+5.6 pp

2

Air China (CA)

81,760

21.3 %

(-5.6) pp

TOTAL

383,516

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-

SCHEDULED BOEING 747-8I OPERATIONS BY AIRPORT (non-stop departures; May 2015)

Rank (May-15)

Change (Apr-15)

Destination Available Seats

% Total Capacity

Change vs Apr-15

1 - Frankfurt (FRA) 150,696 39.3 % +2.8 pp
2 - Beijing (PEK) 40,880 10.7 % (-4.3) pp
3 +5 Chicago (ORD) 22,568 5.9 % +2.3 pp
4 -

New York (JFK)

22,234 5.8 % (-0.1) pp
5= New Deployment Chongqing (CKG) 11,315 3.0 % +3.0 pp
5= New Deployment San Francisco (SFO) 11,315 3.0 % +3.0 pp
7= (-1) Rio de Janeiro (GIG) 11,284 2.9 % -
7= (-1) Buenos Aires (EZE) 11,284 2.9 % -
7= (-1) Mexico City (MEX) 11,284 2.9 % -
7= +9

Bangalore (BLR)

11,284 2.9 % +1.6 pp
7= (-1) Washington (IAD) 11,284 2.9 % -
7= (-1)

Sao Paulo (GRU)

11,284 2.9 % -
7= (-1)

Hong Kong (HKG)

11,284 2.9 %

-

7= (-1)

Tokyo (HND)

11,284 2.9 % -
15 (-1)

Newark (EWR)

10,920 2.8 % +0.6 pp
16 (-10)

Seoul (ICN)

7,644 2.0 % (-0.9) pp
17 (-14) Shanghai (SHA) 7,300 1.9 % (-8.4) pp
18 New Deployment Boston (BOS) 4,368 1.1 % +1.1 pp
19 New Deployment Los Angeles (LAX) 4,004 1.0 % +1.0 pp
TOTAL

383,516

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