Top 100 Airports for 2008

Manila Joins the top 50 biggest airports of the World

Top 100 Airports of the World by Seat Capacity on International Departing Flights
Ranking	Departure	Departure Airport Name	Total Number
	Airport Code		of Seats
1	LHR	LONDON HEATHROW APT	792,747
2	CDG	PARIS CHARLES DE GAULLE APT	665,150
3	HKG	HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL APT	599,239
4	FRA	FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL APT	562,685
5	DXB	DUBAI	517,270
6	SIN	SINGAPORE CHANGI APT	477,547
7	AMS	AMSTERDAM	475,657
8	BKK	BANGKOK SUVARNABHUMI INTERNATIONAL APT	424,902
9	NRT	TOKYO NARITA APT	389,046
10	ICN	SEOUL INCHEON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	386,654
11	MAD	MADRID BARAJAS APT	357,083
12	MUC	MUNICH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	297,224
13	TPE	TAIPEI TAIWAN TAOYUAN INTERNATIONAL APT	293,658
14	JFK	NEW YORK J F KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL APT	275,823
15	KUL	KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	266,607
16	ZRH	ZURICH AIRPORT	264,303
17	DUB	DUBLIN	247,254
18	FCO	ROME FIUMICINO APT	245,703
19	LGW	LONDON GATWICK APT	238,162
20	VIE	VIENNA	225,919
21	BRU	BRUSSELS AIRPORT	224,109
22	MIA	MIAMI INTERNATIONAL APT	223,768
23	IST	ISTANBUL ATATURK AIRPORT	223,474
24	PVG	SHANGHAI PUDONG INTERNATIONAL APT	217,021
25	CPH	COPENHAGEN APT	214,340
26	STN	LONDON STANSTED APT	201,665
27	YYZ	TORONTO LESTER B PEARSON INTL APT	200,602
28	MXP	MILAN MALPENSA APT	186,981
29	DOH	DOHA	183,643
30	BCN	BARCELONA APT	182,907
31	LAX	LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL APT	177,048
32	PEK	BEIJING CAPITAL APT	168,985
33	ORY	PARIS ORLY APT	166,690
34	GVA	GENEVA	166,423
35	DUS	DUSSELDORF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	147,545
36	SYD	SYDNEY KINGSFORD SMITH APT	142,215
37	ARN	STOCKHOLM ARLANDA APT	140,810
38	EWR	NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL APT	139,008
39	PRG	PRAGUE	137,325
40	ORD	CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL APT	137,017
41	LIS	LISBON	136,230
42	CAI	CAIRO	134,813
43	AUH	ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL APT	133,932
44	BAH	BAHRAIN	133,584
45	KIX	OSAKA KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	133,314
46	HEL	HELSINKI	127,505
47	ATL	ATLANTA HARTSFIELD-JACKSON INTL APT	124,469
48	MNL	MANILA NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL APT	122,674
49	MAN	MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL APT	120,891
50	BOM	MUMBAI	117,721
51	SVO	MOSCOW SHEREMETYEVO INTERNATIONAL APT	117,486
52	GRU	SAO PAULO GUARULHOS INTL APT	116,836
53	ATH	ATHENS INTL ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS APT	115,329
54	DEL	DELHI	113,568
55	OSL	OSLO AIRPORT	112,924
56	KWI	KUWAIT	112,765
57	MEX	MEXICO CITY JUAREZ INTERNATIONAL APT	109,313
58	CUN	CANCUN	108,823
59	JNB	JOHANNESBURG O.R. TAMBO INTERNATIONAL	107,585
60	EZE	BUENOS AIRES MINISTRO PISTARINI	105,977
61	SJU	SAN JUAN LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL APT	105,333
62	IAH	HOUSTON GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AP	103,839
63	TLV	TEL AVIV BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL APT	98,860
64	BUD	BUDAPEST	98,389
65	DME	MOSCOW DOMODEDOVO APT	96,229
66	SFO	SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL APT	94,440
67	CGK	JAKARTA SOEKARNO-HATTA APT	93,271
68	AKL	AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL APT	89,999
69	TXL	BERLIN TEGEL APT	88,991
70	YVR	VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL APT	86,582
71	SGN	HO CHI MINH CITY	84,400
72	LTN	LONDON LUTON APT	84,209
73	IAD	WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL APT	83,996
74	JED	JEDDAH	82,452
75	WAW	WARSAW	82,007
76	RUH	RIYADH	79,510
77	PTY	PANAMA CITY TOCUMEN INTERNATIONAL	78,859
78	BHX	BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	77,917
79	HAM	HAMBURG AIRPORT	77,566
80	YUL	MONTREAL PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU INT APT	73,434
81	AGP	MALAGA	73,190
82	LIM	LIMA	70,898
83	PMI	PALMA MALLORCA	68,898
84	CMN	CASABLANCA MOHAMED V APT	68,537
85	NGO	NAGOYA CHUBU CENTRAIR INTERNATIONAL APT	64,926
86	STR	STUTTGART AIRPORT	64,434
87	MEL	MELBOURNE AIRPORT	64,411
88	SCL	SANTIAGO ARTURO MERINO BENITEZ	64,352
89	DFW	DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTL APT	64,275
90	BOG	BOGOTA	63,983
91	MCT	MUSCAT	62,080
92	MFM	MACAU	61,893
93	SHJ	SHARJAH	60,948
94	CAN	GUANGZHOU	60,707
95	NCE	NICE	59,724
96	BGY	MILAN ORIO AL SERIO APT	59,281
97	CMB	COLOMBO BANDARANAIKE APT	59,250
98	OTP	BUCHAREST OTOPENI APT	59,206
99	DPS	DENPASAR BALI	58,174
100	LYS	LYON SAINT EXUPERY APT	57,640

2008 Top 100 Airlines of the World

PR and 5J joins the top 100 world airlines with most number of flights Top 100 Airlines by Number of Flights flown for 2008
Ranking	Airline Code	Airline Name	Frequency
1	DL	DELTA AIR LINES	25,448
2	AA	AMERICAN AIRLINES	24,450
3	UA	UNITED AIRLINES	22,807
4	US	US AIRWAYS	22,766
5	WN	SOUTHWEST AIRLINES	22,213
6	CO	CONTINENTAL AIRLINES	17,749
7	NW	NORTHWEST AIRLINES	16,671
8	LH	LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES	12,785
9	AF	AIR FRANCE	10,828
10	AC	AIR CANADA	10,119
11	CZ	CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES	9,034
12	MU	CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES	7,786
13	FR	RYANAIR	7,420
14	NH	ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS	6,832
15	JJ	TAM LINHAS AEREAS	6,513
16	IB	IBERIA	6,372
17	CA	AIR CHINA	6,141
18	BA	BRITISH AIRWAYS	5,895
19	AS	ALASKA AIRLINES	5,646
20	SK	SAS SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES	5,511
21	U2	EASYJET	5,318
22	G3	VARIG	5,243
23	JL	JAPAN AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL	5,192
24	QF	QANTAS AIRWAYS	4,907
25	FL	AIRTRAN AIRWAYS	4,805
26	B6	JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION	4,317
27	NZ	AIR NEW ZEALAND	4,181
28	KL	KLM-ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES	3,884
29	TK	TURKISH AIRLINES	3,479
30	AB	AIR BERLIN	3,418
31	AM	AEROMEXICO	3,361
32	BE	FLYBE	2,984
33	DJ	VIRGIN BLUE	2,962
34	IT	KINGFISHER AIRLINES	2,930
35	AZ	NEW ALITALIA	2,743
36	SA	SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS	2,673
37	MH	MALAYSIA AIRLINES	2,647
38	OS	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES AG	2,637
39	MX	MEXICANA DE AVIACION	2,633
40	LX	SWISS	2,608
41	SV	SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES	2,586
42	9W	JET AIRWAYS INDIA	2,572
43	WS	WESTJET	2,560
44	KE	KOREAN AIR	2,542
45	ZH	SHENZHEN AIRLINES	2,528
46	HU	HAINAN AIRLINES	2,429
47	AV	AVIANCA	2,286
48	F9	FRONTIER AIRLINES INC.	2,235
49	IC	INDIAN AIRLINES	2,197
50	EK	EMIRATES	2,135
51	WF	WIDEROE'S FLYVESELSKAP	2,030
52	LA	LAN AIRLINES	2,012
53	AK	AIRASIA	1,970
54	ZK	GREAT LAKES AIRLINES	1,947
55	TP	TAP AIR PORTUGAL	1,866
56	2F	FRONTIER FLYING SERVICE	1,817
57	MF	XIAMEN AIRLINES COMPANY	1,814
58	OZ	ASIANA AIRLINES	1,813
59	AY	FINNAIR	1,799
60	GA	GARUDA INDONESIA	1,783
61	9K	CAPE AIR	1,750
62	TG	THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL	1,736
63	FM	SHANGHAI AIRLINES	1,694
64	CM	COPA AIRLINES	1,650
65	BD	BMI BRITISH MIDLAND	1,573
66	AP	AIR ONE	1,561
67	PR	PHILIPPINE AIRLINES	1,561
68	DY	NORWEGIAN AIR SHUTTLE	1,547
69	SU	AEROFLOT RUSSIAN AIRLINES	1,541
70	3U	SICHUAN AIRLINES	1,516
71	OA	OLYMPIC AIRLINES	1,515
72	MS	EGYPTAIR	1,497
73	5J	CEBU PACIFIC AIR	1,478
74	CX	CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS	1,471
75	LO	LOT - POLISH AIRLINES	1,464
76	HA	HAWAIIAN AIRLINES	1,428
77	OK	CZECH AIRLINES	1,427
78	SQ	SINGAPORE AIRLINES	1,408
79	SN	BRUSSELS AIRLINES	1,397
80	QR	QATAR AIRWAYS	1,380
81	JK	SPANAIR	1,349
82	YX	MIDWEST AIRLINES	1,332
83	SC	SHANDONG AIRLINES	1,330
84	VN	VIETNAM AIRLINES	1,325
85	EI	AER LINGUS	1,322
86	JT	LION AIR	1,313
87	JQ	JETSTAR AIRWAYS	1,299
88	ZL	REGIONAL EXPRESS	1,218
89	NT	BINTER CANARIAS	1,112
90	AR	AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS	1,103
91	NK	SPIRIT AIRLINES	1,077
92	GS	GRAND CHINA EXPRESS	1,074
93	A3	AEGEAN AIRLINES	1,023
94	4C	AIRES	1,020
95	4U	GERMANWINGS	996
96	AT	ROYAL AIR MAROC	975
97	PK	PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES	974
98	UX	AIR EUROPA	974
99	X3	TUIFLY	961
100	JV	BEARSKIN AIRLINES	950

Economic Gloom Continues in January Traffic

Philippine based Airline unperturbed

March 2, 2009

Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced international scheduled traffic results for January showing a deepening year-on-year demand slump.

International passenger demand fell by 5.6% in January 2009 compared to the same month in 2008. It is also a full percentage point worse than the 4.6% year-on-year drop recorded in December. The January fall in demand is the fifth consecutive month of contraction.

The 5.6% drop in passenger demand outpaced capacity cuts of 2.0% driving the load factor to 72.8% - 2.8% below what was recorded for January 2008.

The alarming collapse in cargo markets in December (-22.6%) worsened in January 2009 with a 23.2% year-on-year demand drop. This is the eighth consecutive month of contraction for freight traffic.

“Alarm bells are ringing everywhere. Every region’s carriers are reporting big drops in cargo. And, aside from the Middle East carriers, passenger demand is falling in all regions. The industry is in a global crisis and we have not yet seen the bottom,” said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO.

Passenger

• Asian carriers led the decline in passenger demand with an 8.4% year-on-year drop in January. While this is slightly better than the 9.7% contraction in December, this is positively skewed by Chinese New Year which fell at the end of January 2009 (and which was in February the year before). Capacity in the region contracted 4.3%. With Japan, the region’s largest market for air travel, expected to see its economy contract by an unprecedented 5% in 2009, the prospects for traffic in the region remain dismal.
• North American carriers posted the second largest passenger decline at 6.2% led by a decline in Trans-Pacific travel. In response, carriers withdrew 2.6% of their international capacity, clawing back some of the expansion of 2008.
• European carriers offset a 5.7% decline in demand with a 3.6% decrease in capacity. Demand decreased sharply from the 2.7% fall in December as European economies move into deep recession.
• Latin American carriers saw a modest decline of 1.4%. Even against a 0.5% increase in capacity, the region turned in the highest load factors at 74.9%.
• African carriers saw the demand decline slow from an average 4.0% in 2008 to 2.6% in January.
• The Middle East was the only region with a positive traffic growth of 3.1%. This is far below both the double-digit traffic growth in 2008 and the 10.8% expansion in capacity.

Cargo

• Asia Pacific carriers, representing 43% of the market, led the cargo decline with a 28.1% year-on-year drop. This was followed closely by the other major market players: European carriers (-23.0%) and North American carriers (-19.3%).
• While this may appear to be relatively stabilised compared to the precipitous December drop, it is too soon to call a bottom in the air freight market. Manufacturers are still shedding inventory and cutting production which is expected to lead to further falls in freight volumes.

“The only good news is that fuel prices remain well below last year’s level. But the drop in demand is much more harmful. The industry is shrinking with revenues expected to fall by US$35 billion to US$500 billion, delivering a loss of US$2.5 billion this year,” said Bisignani.

“Airlines remain in intensive care, but while others ask for government bailouts, our demands on Governments are much more modest. First, don’t tax us to death in order to pay for investments in the banking industry. This includes the UK government’s plans to increase its multi-billion pound Air Passenger Duty and the Dutch Government’s misguided departure tax,” said Bisignani. In 2008, even as governments delivered tax breaks to stimulate economic growth, the airline industry took on an additional tax burden of US$6.9 billion.

“Second, give airlines the commercial freedoms that every other business takes for granted. With the world’s capital markets in disarray, archaic ownership restrictions are an unnecessary burden that must be lifted. Today’s crisis highlights the need to change the structure of this hyper-fragmented and fragile industry,” said Bisignani, referring to IATA’s Agenda for Freedom initiative.

Despite the bleak numbers, budget carrier Cebu Pacific said its additional aircraft are coming to its fleet this year that would increase its passenger volume to about 9 million from 6.747 million in 2008.

Cebu Pacific, Zest Airways and Philippine Airlines are expanding their fleet this year to service new routes despite global slump.

In the Philippines, foreign tourist arrivals from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were up by more than 60 percent in January from a year ago, according to the Tourism Department. The Philippine aviation market remains on the bright side amidst Asian slump as international carriers operating in and out of manila hold on to its capacity while others announced additional seat offers. Other destinations in the region are not as lucky as they were plagued by capacity cuts by airlines and dwindling passenger demand.

Jan 2009 vs. Jan 2008	RPK Growth	ASK Growth	PLF	FTK Growth	ATK Growth
Africa	-2.6%	-0.6%	71.1	-19.8%	-2.0%
Asia/Pacific	-8.4%	-4.3%	73.5	-28.1%	-8.9%
Europe	-5.7%	-3.6%	71.3	-23.0%	-5.7%
Latin America	-1.4%	0.5%	74.9	-17.2%	-0.1%
Middle East	3.1%	10.8%	71.9	-6.1%	7.3%
North America	-6.2%	-2.6%	74.3	-19.3%	-3.6%
Industry	-5.6%	-2.0%	72.8	-23.2%	-4.9%

2008 vs. 2007	RPK Growth	ASK Growth	PLF	FTK Growth	ATK Growth
Africa	-4.0%	-4.2%	70.2	-2.5%	-7.4%
Asia/Pacific	-1.5%	1.2%	73.9	-6.6%	-2.5%
Europe	1.8%	3.8%	76.6	-2.8%	2.9%
Latin America	10.2%	9.2%	74.0	-13.5%	5.7%
Middle East	7.0%	8.6%	74.9	6.3%	8.5%
North America	2.9%	4.3%	79.8	-1.9%	3.4%
Industry	1.6%	3.5%	75.9	-4.0%	1.5%

InterIsland opens flight to Vigan

March 1, 2009

Manila- Charter airline and air taxi company InterIsland intends to commence domestic scheduled flights to Mindoro airport in Vigan starting March 19 from Manila domestic airport.

The Luc Helgen airline will operate 4 times a week on Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday schedule utilizing 60 seater Yakolev 40 aircraft.

Ilocos Sur Governor Deogracias Victor "DV" B. Savellano said that "With the existence of these flights, the province and Vigan City will become more accessible to foreign and domestic tourists and investors, which will contribute to the improvement of our trade and commercial industries."

"When more tourists' will arrived in the province, the private transport sectors and producers of unique local products will greatly benefited, thus, the presence of commercial flights in Vigan airport will generate job opportunities and better income to the local residents," he added.

To sustain the flights, the airline needs a load of at least 30 passengers per flight. Air fare for one- way travel of a passenger starts from P3, 450.00.

Vigan City is a UNESCO Heritage Site located on the western coast of Luzon which is facing the South China Sea.

The airline operates non-scheduled passenger and cargo air charter services to Caticlan, Tablas, Coron and Busuanga.

NAIA Terminal 1 is ready for two A380

March 1, 2009

Manila - Manila International Airport Authority general manager Alfonso Cusi disclosed that Terminal 1 is now ready to accommodate 2 Airbus 380 at any given time.

Cusi, in an interview with reporters recently, said that "MIAA has been focusing on how to turn NAIA into a globally competitive airport, providing new facilities and services consistent with international standards".

The NAIA airport complex would undergo further improvements in anticipation of the other international airline transfer at Terminal 3. Cusi said that the existing runway already could manage to service large new aircrafts as noted by the 2007 team of the A380. But the taxiway need further expansion to accommodate wide body jets of airlines that will operate at Terminal 3. Currently they are expanding the airport taxiway for wide body jet maneuvers.

A Cebu Pacific plane was recently stuck at its expanded taxiway when it ran into the wet asphalt that was not yet cured. The taxiways in front of Terminal 3 and old Domestic Terminal used to accommodate only narrow body jets from Cebu Pacific, Zest Air and Air Philippines.

With the transfer, 3 million more will be added to Terminal 3 capacity in the short term as the complex’s total terminal capacity increase to 32 million passengers a year in the next five to 10 years.