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Aviation World Statistics

OAP DATA

18/06/2009

Top 100 Airlines of the world by Number of Flights as of june 2009
Ranking	Airline Code	Airline Name	Frequency
1	DL	DELTA AIR LINES	26,898
2	AA	AMERICAN AIRLINES	24,893
3	UA	UNITED AIRLINES	23,996
4	US	US AIRWAYS	22,936
5	WN	SOUTHWEST AIRLINES	22,373
6	CO	CONTINENTAL AIRLINES	18,554
7	NW	NORTHWEST AIRLINES	17,372
8	LH	LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES	13,623
9	AF	AIR FRANCE	11,022
10	AC	AIR CANADA	10,601
11	CZ	CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES	9,440
12	FR	RYANAIR	8,512
13	MU	CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES	8,075
14	U2	EASYJET	7,163
15	NH	ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS	6,764
16	JJ	TAM LINHAS AEREAS	6,359
17	IB	IBERIA	6,249
18	CA	AIR CHINA	6,171
19	BA	BRITISH AIRWAYS	5,897
20	AS	ALASKA AIRLINES	5,896
21	G3	VARIG-GOL AIRLINES/ VRG LINHAS AEREAS S.A.	5,421
22	SK	SAS SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES	5,414
23	FL	AIRTRAN AIRWAYS	5,237
24	JL	JAPAN AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL	5,219
25	QF	QANTAS AIRWAYS	4,690
26	B6	JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION	4,333
27	AB	AIR BERLIN	4,276
28	TK	TURKISH AIRLINES	4,194
29	KL	KLM-ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES	4,102
30	NZ	AIR NEW ZEALAND	3,690
31	BE	FLYBE	3,499
32	AM	AEROMEXICO	3,319
33	AZ	ALITALIA - COMPAGNIA AEREA ITALIANA S.P.A.	3,120
34	ZH	SHENZHEN AIRLINES	3,044
35	DJ	VIRGIN BLUE	2,947
36	OS	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES AG	2,929
37	IT	KINGFISHER AIRLINES	2,859
38	HU	HAINAN AIRLINES	2,805
39	LX	SWISS	2,754
40	MH	MALAYSIA AIRLINES	2,737
41	MX	MEXICANA DE AVIACION	2,682
42	SV	SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES	2,679
43	WS	WESTJET	2,634
44	KE	KOREAN AIR	2,618
45	SA	SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS	2,599
46	9W	JET AIRWAYS INDIA	2,472
47	F9	FRONTIER AIRLINES INC.	2,469
48	IC	INDIAN AIRLINES	2,234
49	AV	AVIANCA	2,186
50	9K	CAPE AIR	2,177
51	EK	EMIRATES	2,169
52	AK	AIRASIA	2,106
53	WF	WIDEROE'S FLYVESELSKAP	2,013
54	ZK	GREAT LAKES AIRLINES	1,990
55	MF	XIAMEN AIRLINES COMPANY	1,986
56	DY	NORWEGIAN AIR SHUTTLE	1,926
57	FM	SHANGHAI AIRLINES	1,890
58	GA	GARUDA INDONESIA	1,851
59	LA	LAN AIRLINES	1,827
60	OA	OLYMPIC AIRLINES	1,815
61	TP	TAP AIR PORTUGAL	1,815
62	OZ	ASIANA AIRLINES	1,814
63	2F	FRONTIER FLYING SERVICE	1,712
64	CM	COPA AIRLINES	1,690
65	5J	CEBU PACIFIC AIR	1,665
66	SU	AEROFLOT RUSSIAN AIRLINES	1,638
67	3U	SICHUAN AIRLINES	1,602
68	EI	AER LINGUS	1,602
69	TG	THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL	1,601
70	X3	TUIFLY	1,577
71	LO	LOT - POLISH AIRLINES	1,573
72	PR	PHILIPPINE AIRLINES	1,566
73	MS	EGYPTAIR	1,552
74	OK	CZECH AIRLINES	1,551
75	JK	SPANAIR	1,546
76	AY	FINNAIR	1,507
77	VN	VIETNAM AIRLINES	1,490
78	SN	BRUSSELS AIRLINES	1,478
79	SC	SHANDONG AIRLINES	1,476
80	HA	HAWAIIAN AIRLINES	1,474
81	BD	BMI BRITISH MIDLAND	1,453
82	TOM	THOMSON AIRWAYS	1,448
83	JQ	JETSTAR AIRWAYS	1,422
84	QR	QATAR AIRWAYS	1,406
85	SQ	SINGAPORE AIRLINES	1,375
86	CX	CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS	1,360
87	4U	GERMANWINGS	1,324
88	JT	LION AIR	1,313
89	AP	AIR ONE	1,302
90	YX	MIDWEST AIRLINES	1,280
91	UT	UTAIR AVIATION	1,267
92	A3	AEGEAN AIRLINES	1,218
93	ZL	REGIONAL EXPRESS	1,179
94	UX	AIR EUROPA	1,154
95	IG	MERIDIANA	1,128
96	MA	MALEV HUNGARIAN AIRLINES	1,112
97	S7	S7 AIRLINES	1,103
98	NT	BINTER CANARIAS	1,088
99	NK	SPIRIT AIRLINES	1,072
100	AR	AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS	1,069

Top 100 Airports OF THE WORLD by Seat Capacity Available on International Departing Flights as of June 2009
Ranking	Departure Airport Code	Departure Airport Name	Total Number of Seats
1	LHR	LONDON HEATHROW APT	814,142
2	CDG	PARIS CHARLES DE GAULLE APT	705,541
3	FRA	FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL APT	636,410
4	HKG	HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL APT	563,659
5	DXB	DUBAI	541,287
6	AMS	AMSTERDAM	525,302
7	SIN	SINGAPORE CHANGI APT	495,468
8	BKK	BANGKOK SUVARNABHUMI INTERNATIONAL APT	397,585
9	NRT	TOKYO NARITA APT	388,108
10	ICN	SEOUL INCHEON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	380,618
11	MAD	MADRID BARAJAS APT	375,892
12	LGW	LONDON GATWICK APT	329,863
13	MUC	MUNICH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	328,663
14	JFK	NEW YORK J F KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL APT	315,668
15	ZRH	ZURICH AIRPORT	289,593
16	FCO	ROME FIUMICINO APT	284,827
17	TPE	TAIPEI TAIWAN TAOYUAN INTERNATIONAL APT	282,976
18	KUL	KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	274,733
19	IST	ISTANBUL ATATURK AIRPORT	256,697
20	VIE	VIENNA	254,848
21	DUB	DUBLIN	249,396
22	CPH	COPENHAGEN APT	242,845
23	BRU	BRUSSELS AIRPORT	237,164
24	STN	LONDON STANSTED APT	231,711
25	MIA	MIAMI INTERNATIONAL APT	220,156
26	BCN	BARCELONA APT	216,965
27	PVG	SHANGHAI PUDONG INTERNATIONAL APT	208,985
28	PMI	PALMA MALLORCA	206,255
29	YYZ	TORONTO LESTER B PEARSON INTL APT	201,032
30	MXP	MILAN MALPENSA APT	192,818
31	DOH	DOHA	192,300
32	DUS	DUSSELDORF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	183,764
33	LAX	LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL APT	182,653
34	PEK	BEIJING CAPITAL APT	170,239
35	MAN	MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL APT	169,931
36	ORY	PARIS ORLY APT	166,092
37	PRG	PRAGUE	160,684
38	CAI	CAIRO	160,329
39	ATH	ATHENS INTL ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS APT	156,430
40	BAH	BAHRAIN	150,472
41	EWR	NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL APT	149,061
42	ORD	CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL APT	145,511
43	ARN	STOCKHOLM ARLANDA APT	144,677
44	ATL	ATLANTA HARTSFIELD-JACKSON INTL APT	143,256
45	LIS	LISBON	142,718
46	MNL	MANILA NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL APT	141,615
47	KWI	KUWAIT	140,821
48	AUH	ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL APT	139,079
49	GVA	GENEVA	138,496
50	SYD	SYDNEY KINGSFORD SMITH APT	137,513
51	HEL	HELSINKI	130,772
52	SVO	MOSCOW SHEREMETYEVO INTERNATIONAL APT	128,487
53	AGP	MALAGA	124,924
54	OSL	OSLO AIRPORT	124,849
55	KIX	OSAKA KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	124,767
56	TLV	TEL AVIV BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL APT	121,009
57	BUD	BUDAPEST	118,544
58	DME	MOSCOW DOMODEDOVO APT	118,413
59	JNB	JOHANNESBURG O.R. TAMBO INTERNATIONAL	116,132
60	GRU	SAO PAULO GUARULHOS INTL APT	115,074
61	BOM	MUMBAI	115,017
62	IAH	HOUSTON GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTALAP	109,118
63	JED	JEDDAH	109,063
64	SJU	SAN JUAN LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL APT	108,719
65	LTN	LONDON LUTON APT	108,300
66	DEL	DELHI	108,092
67	SFO	SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL APT	106,631
68	TXL	BERLIN TEGEL APT	104,854
69	BHX	BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT	102,228
70	CGK	JAKARTA SOEKARNO-HATTA APT	100,486
71	EZE	BUENOS AIRES MINISTRO PISTARINI	99,225
72	YVR	VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL APT	98,570
73	NCE	NICE	96,824
74	WAW	WARSAW	95,628
75	ALC	ALICANTE	95,324
76	IAD	WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL APT	93,269
77	MEX	MEXICO CITY JUAREZ INTERNATIONAL APT	90,377
78	HAM	HAMBURG AIRPORT	90,348
79	STR	STUTTGART AIRPORT	89,164
80	RUH	RIYADH	87,367
81	YUL	MONTREAL PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU INT APT	84,701
82	AKL	AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL APT	84,654
83	SGN	HO CHI MINH CITY	83,297
84	CGN	COLOGNE/BONN K.A.APT	82,828
85	PTY	PANAMA CITY TOCUMEN INTERNATIONAL	79,797
86	BEY	BEIRUT	79,426
87	MCT	MUSCAT	76,302
88	CMN	CASABLANCA MOHAMED V APT	76,240
89	AMM	AMMAN QUEEN ALIA INTERNATIONAL APT	74,406
90	CUN	CANCUN	70,969
91	VCE	VENICE MARCO POLO APT	70,808
92	LIM	LIMA	69,148
93	FAO	FARO	67,185
94	SXF	BERLIN SCHOENEFELD APT	65,579
95	BGY	MILAN ORIO AL SERIO APT	64,996
96	DFW	DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTL APT	64,968
97	RIX	RIGA	64,857
98	PHL	PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL APT	64,227
99	NBO	NAIROBI JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL APT	64,010
100	MEL	MELBOURNE AIRPORT	63,829
For further information please e-mail: max@oag.com
Source:OAG MAX Online

World Aircraft Survey

Airliner census of 2008






By Max Kingsley-Jones

Our annual survey of the world's airliners shows an increased number of Western-built aircraft in operation at the expense of an ageing Russian fleet

The size of the world's airliner fleet has increased by 2.5% over the past year, with the expansion of Western-built aircraft driving growth as the count of Russia's ageing airliners declined further.

Compiled from Flight's ACAS database, this year's edition of our annual World Airliner Census comprises 26,675 aircraft - 663 more than a year ago.

The Western-built fleet totals 24,034 aircraft, having increased by 840 (a 3.6% rise) over the past 12 months. This growth is the highest for several years, surpassing the 2.9% in 2007, itself a marked increase on the previous census, when growth was less than 2%.

The overall fleet growth is partly offset by a decline in the Russia/CIS count, which has fallen by 177 aircraft to 2,641. The increasing availability of cheap pre-owned aircraft from the West - as well as new-build deliveries - is seeing the number of Russian/CIS types in service decline as they are replaced by European and North American-built airliners.

Altogether, 1,229 deliveries have been completed in the past 12 months - and unsurprisingly all but 16 of these are from Western manufacturers as Russian/CIS production runs at a trickle. Overall, deliveries were up by more than 15% on the previous 12 months, and despite their low tally, the Russian/CIS airframers recorded a major boost in output to 16 from just three deliveries during the preceding period.

With the number of aircraft operated by North/South American carriers remaining stable, the market leader by fleet distribution has seen its share decline to less than 41%. The big gain is with the Asian, Australasian and Middle East carriers, which have seen their fleets grow by 300 aircraft, pushing their share up by one percentage point to 22%.

OLDEST AIRCRAFT

African airlines again operate the oldest airliners on an average-age basis, with Europe having the youngest. The Middle East and South America have seen their airliners' average ages improve by a year since the 2007 census. The overall world fleet average age remains 14 years, as it was in 2007.

The top-10 airliner ranking is again led by the Airbus A320 family and 737 Next Generation models, between them accounting for almost 6,000 aircraft. The 737 is the single most populous type, with more than 4,760 -200s, Classics and NGs in service, while the latter family also recorded the single biggest fleet growth - at almost 14%.

The big mover this year is the A330 - only the second Airbus type to register in the top 10 - which has seen its fleet grow by over 12% and enter straight in at No 9, up from No 11 last year.

While the Bombardier 50-seat jet family continues to head the regional ranking, the fleet has declined for the first time - to 950 aircraft. Meanwhile, the two in-production turboprop types - the ATR 42/72 and Bombardier Q Series - have seen another year of strong growth, with their fleets expanding by 7.9% and 6.8%, respectively, to 680 and 723 aircraft. Embraer's E-Jet family has made a dramatic entry in the top 10, with the fleet increasing by a whopping 63% to 390 aircraft, ranking it sixth (from 13th last year).

The big loser in the Russian/CIS top 10 is the Tupolev Tu-154 trijet, which has seen its fleet decline by more than 20% to 354 aircraft, dropping it to third in the rankings. Otherwise the listing is similar to last year's, with most types recording slight reductions in overall fleet counts. Two types have seen their fleet sizes increase (the An-12 and An-24), because aircraft previously with non-commercial operators have been switched to civil roles.

With record airliner sales in 2007, the world order backlog has risen by 25% to over 7,400 aircraft (commercial operators only). The bulk (6,268) are for Airbus and Boeing types.

The single biggest market is Asia, Australasia and the Middle East, which accounts for 43% of the total orders - up from 40% last year. In this sector Airbus has the lead share. North/South America - where Boeing is ahead - has seen its overall share decline by five percentage points from 28% last year to 23%. Europe - where Airbus leads - has also seen its share decline slightly, from 26% to 25%.

Despite continued dominance of the manufacturers' ranking with 10,900 units, Boeing's fleet growth has slowed this year to below 1%, compared with 2.3% last year. This is the result of the increasing number of retirements of the older types offsetting new deliveries.

Airbus, meanwhile, has seen its fleet grow by almost 9% to more than 4,840 aircraft and looks set to break the 5,000-aircraft threshold in 2009. Another big mover is fourth-placed Embraer - which has seen its fleet grow by 10%. ATR's fleet grew by almost 7% to 680 aircraft, enabling it to displace Fokker, which saw a 1% decline, in fifth place.