With Routes Asia fast approaching we take a closer look at the air transport landscape in South Asia. Looking at schedule data for the past two years shows that seat capacity on flights within and from South Asia decreased 1.6 per cent in 2013, versus 2012, even though departures rose 3.0 per cent. In the tables below we highlight the largest airlines and airports in the South 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 SOUTH ASIA (non-stop departures; 2013) |
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Rank |
Operating Airline |
Available Seats |
% Share |
% Change v 2012 |
1 |
IndiGo (6E) |
26,500,860 |
17.9 % |
23.1 % |
2 |
Air India (AI) |
20,438,412 |
13.8 % |
1.4 % |
3 |
SpiceJet (SG) |
15,868,873 |
10.7 % |
45.5 % |
4 |
Jet Airways (9W) |
15,162,730 |
10.2 % |
28.6 % |
5 |
Jet Airways Konnect (9W) |
13,994,320 |
9.5 % |
(-14.2) % |
6 |
Go Air (G8) |
6,812,784 |
4.6 % |
18.8 % |
7 |
Pakistan International Airlines (PK) |
4,889,183 |
3.3 % |
(-16.3) % |
8 |
Emirates Airline (EK) |
4,796,579 |
3.2 % |
5.2 % |
9 |
SriLankan Airlines (UL) |
3,983,606 |
2.7 % |
7.4 % |
10 |
Qatar Airways (QR) |
2,024,022 |
1.4 % |
6.3 % |
11 |
Air India Express(IX) |
1,989,560 |
1.3 % |
(-8.8) % |
12 |
Air Arabia (G9) |
1,441,476 |
1.0 % |
6.8 % |
13 |
Saudia (SV) |
1,382,163 |
0.9 % |
4.6 % |
14 |
Thai Airways International (TG) |
1,376,463 |
0.9 % |
0.3 % |
15 |
Shaheen Air International (NL) |
1,248,215 |
0.8 % |
14.2 % |
TOTAL |
147,947,681 |
- |
(-1.6) % |
SCHEDULED AIR CAPACITY WITHIN AND FROM SOUTH ASIA (non-stop departures; 2013) |
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Rank |
Airport |
Available Seats |
% Share |
% Change v 2012 |
1 |
Delhi (DEL) |
24,563,090 |
16.6 % |
2.6 % |
2 |
Mumbai (BOM) |
22,751,707 |
15.4 % |
6.6 % |
3 |
Chennai (MAA) |
9,082,369 |
6.1 % |
1.0 % |
4 |
Bangalore (BLR) |
8,783,747 |
5.9 % |
6.1 % |
5 |
Klokata (CCU) |
7,324,683 |
5.0 % |
3.4 % |
6 |
Hyderabad (HYD) |
6,515,040 |
4.4 % |
(-0.8) % |
7 |
Colombo (CMB) |
5,177,834 |
3.5 % |
5.4 % |
8 |
Karachi (KHI) |
4,353,557 |
2.9 % |
(-0.4) % |
9 |
Dhaka (DAC) |
3,766,725 |
2.5 % |
0.1 % |
10 |
Cochin (COK) |
3,626,098 |
2.5 % |
7.9 % |
11 |
Ahmedabad (AMD) |
3,269,974 |
2.2 % |
11.2 % |
12 |
Kathmandu (KTM) |
2,851,313 |
1.9 % |
(-2.5) % |
13 |
Lahore (LHE) |
2,743,270 |
1.9 % |
7.4 % |
14 |
Male (MLE) |
2,594,201 |
1.8 % |
28.5 % |
15 |
Islamabad (ISB) |
2,523,463 |
1.7 % |
(-0.5) % |
TOTAL |
147,947,681 |
- |
(-1.6) % |