Essential Metrics on the World's Major Airlines
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essential metrics on the world’s major airlines Top 20 carriers based on 12 months’ seat capacity to September 2017 essential metrics decoded About OAG take-off • Data from Schedules Analyser is • OTP data is sourced from OAG’s Rank Airline Seats (Oct16-Sep17) for the 12 months to September Flight Status database and is for 2017. the 12 months to September 2017. 1 American Airlines 251,483,734 Where average coverage falls 2 Delta Air Lines 225,796,738 below OAG’s 80% threshold, a • Data from Traffic Analyser is for the 3 Southwest Airlines 201,582,829 12 months to June 2017. carrier’s entry has been recorded as N/A. 4 United Airlines 182,179,745 5 Ryanair 133,675,731 • Estimated Bookings Load Factor is calculated by dividing bookings by • Fleet data is sourced from CAPA 6 China Southern Airlines 119,141,114 (www.centreforaviation.com ) as seats and represents an estimated 7 China Eastern Airlines 113,779,195 bookings load factor which doesn’t of October 2017. Narrow-body 8 easyJet 87,066,832 take into account non-revenue fleet and aircraft on order figures passengers. Both data sets are for include regional jets. Freighters 9 Turkish Airlines 85,079,215 are excluded. the 12 months to June 2017. 10 Air China 83,249,431 11 Lufthansa German Airlines 83,175,267 • Number of Routes served is for the • Network section: Fastest growing 12 months to September 2017. country is of the Top 10 country 12 LATAM Group 81,715,360 markets served by that carrier. 13 Emirates 77,106,673 • Number of Countries served is for 14 All Nippon Airways 73,537,274 the 12 months to September 2017. • Key metrics section: the number of routes are those operated from 15 British Airways 61,879,039 each of the Top 3 airports by a 16 Air Canada 60,848,303 • Net new routes are number of new carrier in a 12-month period. destinations minus destinations no 17 IndiGo 58,357,440 longer served in a 12-month period 18 Air France 58,348,694 and excludes routes with less than 19 Aeroflot Russian Airlines 51,956,455 100 frequencies in a 12-month period. 20 Japan Airlines 51,297,559 1 Business overview KPIs Global Ranking (seats) 1 Routes Operated 1,067 Passengers Carried 197,931,114 Ownership Publicly-listed Average Bookings Load Seats 251,483,734 79% Factor Alliance Membership oneworld (founder member) Flights 2,267,040 OTP (last 12 months) 78.70% Domicile USA Average Seats/Aircraft 111 Average Stage Length 2,097 km Carrier Type (OAG category) Mainline ASKs 448,641m Average Flight Time (hh:mm) 02:24 Network Net New Routes 25 Countries Served 58 Capacity Domestic network accounts for 25.0 83% of capacity 20.0 Year-on-Year 2% Fastest growing region: Growth (m) Southwest Pacific 15.0 Seats 10.0 Fastest growing country pair: 17% US – Spain 5.0 Africa Asia-Pacific 0.0 Africa Europe Latin AmericaAsia Pacific Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Domestic 83% EuropeMiddle East NorthLatin America America Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17 International Network key metrics Middle East North America Fleet and orders Share of Airport Top 3 Airports Seats Routes Capacity Type In Use On Order 948 aircraft in the fleet – the largest DFW 33,201,713 84.8% 208 fleet among the Top 20 airlines. Narrow-body 799 207 239 aircraft on order CLT 25,104,893 90.6% 158 Wide-body 149 32 MIA 17,408,362 67.4% 132 Average age of aircraft in fleet is 10.3 years. Average Bookings Top 3 Routes Passenger Bookings per day OAG’s take on... JFK-LAX 983,737 2,695 The world’s largest scheduled airline in terms of seats, flights, ASKs, passengers ORD-LGA 929,906 2,548 carried and fleet size. Large number of aircraft on order needed to replace existing aircraft with aircraft typically over 10 years old. LGA-MIA 860,199 2,357 2 Business overview KPIs Global Ranking (seats) 2 Routes Operated 1,053 Passengers Carried 183,297,283 Ownership Publicly-listed Average Bookings Load Seats 225,796,783 81% Factor Alliance Membership SkyTeam Flights 1,896,426 OTP (last 12 months) 82.80% Domicile USA Average Seats/Aircraft 119 Average Stage Length 2,365 km Carrier Type (OAG category) Mainline ASKs 408,450m Average Flight Time (hh:mm) 02:29 Network Net New Routes 19 Countries Served 70 Capacity Domestic network accounts for 25.0 85% of capacity 20.0 Year-on-Year 1% Fastest growing region: Growth (m) Central America 15.0 Seats 10.0 Fastest growing country pair: 15% USA – Mexico 5.0 Africa Asia-Pacific 0.0 Africa EuropeAsia Pacific Latin AmericaEurope Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Domestic 85% Middle East North America Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17 International Latin America Middle East North America Network key metrics Fleet and orders Share of Airport Top 3 Airports Seats Routes 861 aircraft in the fleet – second Type In Use On Order Capacity largest fleet among the Top 20 Narrow-body 713 206 ATL 47,521,065 78.6% 240 airlines 254 aircraft on order Wide-body 148 48 MSP 15,625,894 69.8% 150 DTW 15,339,252 72.7% 137 The Delta Air Lines fleet is the oldest fleet among the Top 20 global airlines, with an average age per aircraft of 17.2 years. Average Bookings Top 3 Routes Passenger Bookings per day OAG’s take on... LGA-ATL 901,315 2,469 World’s second largest airline and capacity is still growing. Best on-time performance LAX-JFK 866,100 2,373 of the US majors. Operating the oldest fleet among the Top 20 airlines which is why it has the second largest orderbook for new aircraft. JFK-SFO 663,162 1,817 3 Business overview KPIs Global Ranking (seats) 3 Routes Operated 755 Passengers Carried 151,036,605 Ownership Publicly-listed Average Bookings Load Seats 201,582,829 76% Factor Alliance Membership None Flights 1,357,507 OTP (last 12 months) 78.50% Domicile USA Average Seats/Aircraft 148 Average Stage Length 1,576 km Carrier Type (OAG category) Low-cost Average Flight Time ASKs 248,843m 02:08 Network (hh:mm) Net New Routes 20 Countries Served 12 Capacity Almost entirely domestic network 20.0 Fastest growing region: Year-on-Year Caribbean 15.0 5% Growth (m) Fastest growing country pair: 10.0 US – Belize Seats 3% Africa Asia-Pacific 5.0 Africa Europe Latin AmericaAsia Pacific Middle East North America 0.0 Europe Latin America Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Domestic 97% Network key metrics Middle East North America Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17 International Share of Airport Fleet and orders Top 3 Airports Seats Routes Capacity MDW 12,804,822 93.3% 72 Southwest have an entirely Type In Use On Order narrow-body fleet with 686 aircraft Narrow-body 686 221 BWI 11,367,324 70.2% 66 221 aircraft on order, all narrow-body or Regional Jets. Wide-body 0 0 LAS 11,241,017 40.0% 62 The average age of the Southwest fleet is 10.6 years. Average Bookings Top 3 Routes Passenger Bookings per day OAG’s take on... HOU-DAL 924,622 2,533 Third largest airline in the world but still growing at 5%. Network continues to be BUR-OAK 734,400 2,012 predominantly domestic. Aircraft operated are significantly larger than US peers but BWI-MCO 699,309 1,916 operate shorter stage lengths. 4 Business overview KPIs Global Ranking (seats) 4 Routes Operated 1,808 Passengers Carried 151,953,428 Ownership Publicly-listed Average Bookings Load Seats 182,179,745 85% Factor Alliance Membership Star Alliance (founder member) Flights 1,645,529 OTP (last 12 months) 78.50% Domicile USA Average Seats/Aircraft 111 Average Stage Length 2,328 km Carrier Type (OAG category) Mainline Average Flight Time ASKs 421,581m 02:47 Network (hh:mm) Net New Routes 2 Countries Served 72 Extensive US domestic network Capacity but most international capacity of US majors 18.0 16.0 Fastest growing region: 14.0 Year-on-Year 3% Caribbean 12.0 Growth (m) 10.0 8.0 Fastest growing country pair: Seats US – Cuba 6.0 21% Africa Asia-Pacific 4.0 Africa EuropeAsia Pacific Latin AmericaEurope 2.0 0.0 Middle East North America Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Domestic 79% Latin America Middle East North America Network key metrics Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17 International Share of Airport Top 3 Airports Seats Routes Fleet and orders Capacity ORD 20,852,806 44.4% 208 Type In Use On Order 745 aircraft in fleet Narrow-body 565 169 IAH 18,797,016 76.3% 204 241 aircraft on order Wide-body 180 72 EWR 17,010,168 65.8% 193 The fleet is relatively old with an average aircraft age of 14.4 years. Average Bookings Top 3 Routes Passenger Bookings per day OAG’s take on... EWR-SFO 1,165,384 3,193 EWR-LAX 1,020,302 2,795 United Airlines operates more routes than any other Top 20 airline and has the most international network for any US major. ORD-LGA 787,662 2,158 5 Business overview KPIs Global Ranking (seats) 5 Routes Operated 1,626 Passengers Carried 119,121,487 Ownership Publicly-listed Average Bookings Load Seats 133,675,731 91% Factor Alliance Membership None Flights 707,279 OTP (last 12 months) n/a Domicile Ireland Average Seats/Aircraft 189 Average Stage Length 1,569 km Carrier Type (OAG category) Low-cost Average Flight Time ASKs 165,416m 02:14 Network (hh:mm) Net New Routes 186 Countries Served 42 Capacity Network is almost exclusively European 14.0 12.0 Fastest growing region: Year-on-Year 10% Middle East 10.0 Growth (m) 8.0 Fastest growing country pair: Seats 6.0 Germany – Italy 4.0 79% 21% Africa Asia-Pacific 2.0 Africa Europe Latin AmericaAsia Pacific 0.0 Europe Middle East NorthLatin America America Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Domestic International Network key metrics Middle East North America Oct15–Sep16 Oct16–Sep17 Share of Airport Fleet and orders Top 3 Airports Seats Routes Capacity 406 aircraft in fleet Type In Use On Order STN 11,368,161 78.20% 152 167 aircraft on order Narrow-body 406 167 DUB 7,141,932 41.00% 95 All aircraft in fleet and on order are narrow-body Wide-body 0 0 BGY 5,517,288 82.20% 85 Average aircraft age is 6.8 years.