Asia Pacific is world’s largest aviation market – OAG
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OAG has reported that the total number of scheduled seats within and to and from the Asia Pacific region grew to more than 107 million in March. Within the region, capacity grew 8% to a total of 92.5 million, while and seats to and from the region grew 11% to a total of 15.2 million. This makes Asia Pacific the largest region in the world in term of passenger seat capacity.
Capacity to and from Beijing Capital Airport accounts for almost eight million of the available seats in the region, and marks the airport as the second largest in the world in scheduled capacity. Despite being slot constrained, Beijing airport increased seats and frequencies by 3% in March. Shanghai Pudong airport recorded 17% growth in capacity and grew to a total of 4.6 million seats, while Tokyo’s Haneda airport, which moved ahead of London Heathrow in terms of scheduled capacity in February, slipped behind it again in March, to rank as the fourth largest airport in the world with capacity of 7.79 million. Atlanta Hartsfield remains the largest airport in the world with 9.41 million.
“Investments in China’s growth have contributed to the recent expansion of services into Africa. The current political events, however, will undoubtedly have an impact on the performance in North Africa in March, with many services cancelled or suspended until more stable political conditions are delivered,” said Peter von Moltke, Chief Executive Officer of OAG’s parent company, UBM Aviation.
Worldwide scheduled airline capacity increased 5% in March, year-on-year, with the number of flights increasing 4%. The total number of seats grew to 319.1 million, and flights to 2.6 million.
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