With Routes Asia fast approaching we take a closer look at the air transport landscape in North East Asia. Looking at schedule data for the past two years shows that seat capacity on flights within and from North East Asia increased 7.5 per cent in 2013, versus 2012, with departures up 8.1 per cent. In the tables below we highlight the largest airlines and airports in the North East Asian market by seat capacity in 2013 and compare these with the previous year.
The data is all supplied by OAG Aviation using its OAG Schedules Analyser tool.
SCHEDULED AIR CAPACITY WITHIN AND FROM NORTH EAST ASIA (non-stop departures; 2013) |
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Rank |
Operating Airline |
Available Seats |
% Share |
% Change v 2012 |
1 |
China Southern Airlines (CZ) |
96,228,857 |
12.1 % |
5.9 % |
2 |
China Eastern Airlines (MU) |
86,595,607 |
10.9 % |
10.2 % |
3 |
Air China (CA) |
63,924,619 |
8.1 % |
2.7 % |
4 |
All Nippon Airways (NH) |
53,144,116 |
6.7 % |
2.1 % |
5 |
Japan Airlines (JL) |
31,592,202 |
4.0 % |
(-0.7) % |
6 |
Hainan Airlines (HU) |
30,869,056 |
3.9 % |
14.5 % |
7 |
Korean Air (KE) |
28,744,269 |
3.6 % |
(-2.9) % |
8 |
Shenzhen Airlines (ZH) |
28,351,541 |
3.6 % |
11.4 % |
9 |
Xiamen Airlines (MF) |
24,394,024 |
3.1 % |
4.8 % |
10 |
Sichuan Airlines (3U) |
21,575,905 |
2.7 % |
14.0 % |
11 |
Shandong Airlines (SC) |
20,277,122 |
2.6 % |
17.3 % |
12 |
Asiana Airlines (OZ) |
19,200,704 |
2.4 % |
8.6 % |
13 |
Cathay Pacific Airways (CX) |
17,521,991 |
2.2 % |
(-4.3) % |
14 |
Shanghai Airlines (FM) |
15,052,422 |
1.9 % |
(-2.0) % |
15 |
China Airlines (CI) |
13,293,327 |
1.7 % |
(-11.8) % |
TOTAL |
793,053,724 |
- |
7.5 % |
SCHEDULED AIR CAPACITY WITHIN AND FROM NORTH EAST ASIA (non-stop departures; 2013) |
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Rank |
Airport |
Available Seats |
% Share |
% Change v 2012 |
1 |
Beijing (PEK) |
53,400,953 |
6.7 % |
1.8 % |
2 |
Tokyo (HND) |
45,053,240 |
5.7 % |
0.5 % |
3 |
Hong Kong (HKG) |
37,744,109 |
4.8 % |
2.3 % |
4 |
Guangzhou (CAN) |
31,975,972 |
4.0 % |
5.5 % |
5 |
Shanghai (PVG) |
31,160,318 |
3.9 % |
4.2 % |
6 |
Seoul (ICN) |
27,300,656 |
3.4 % |
6.0 % |
7 |
Shanghai (SHA) |
22,537,747 |
2.8 % |
1.6 % |
8 |
Tokyo (NRT) |
22,506,486 |
2.8 % |
2.7 % |
9 |
Taipei (TPE) |
21,018,763 |
2.7 % |
1.5 % |
10 |
Chengdu (CTU) |
19,891,590 |
2.5 % |
6.1 % |
11 |
Shenzhen (SZX) |
19,616,318 |
2.5 % |
6.2 % |
12 |
Kunming (KMG) |
19,413,358 |
2.4 % |
34.4 % |
13 |
Xi’an (XIY) |
17,020,005 |
2.1 % |
12.6 % |
14 |
Chongqing (CKG) |
14,481,140 |
1.8 % |
7.8 % |
15 |
Hangzhou (HGH) |
14,284,012 |
1.8 % |
16.1 % |
TOTAL |
793,053,724 |
- |
7.5 % |