With Routes Europe fast approaching we take a closer look at the air transport landscape in Western Europe. Looking at schedule data for the past two years shows that seat capacity on flights within and from and Western Europe increased 1.2 per cent in 2013, versus 2012, even though departures fell 1.6 per cent, suggesting larger aircraft are now being deployed on flights within and from this region. In the tables below we highlight the largest airlines and airports in the Western Europe market by seat capacity in 2013 and compare their performance with the previous year.
The data is all supplied by OAG Aviation using its OAG Schedules Analyser tool.
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SCHEDULED AIR CAPACITY WITHIN AND FROM WESTERN EUROPE (non-stop departures; 2013) |
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Rank |
Operating Airline |
Available Seats |
% Share |
% Change v 2012 |
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1 |
Ryanair (FR) |
89,112,366 |
9.8 % |
1.2 % |
|
2 |
easyJet (U2) |
66,080,304 |
7.2 % |
2.8 % |
|
3 |
Lufthansa (LH) |
57,669,624 |
6.3 % |
0.5 % |
|
4 |
Air France (AF) |
44,074,487 |
4.8 % |
(-5.9) % |
|
5 |
Turkish Airlines (TK) |
40,013,542 |
4.4 % |
11.2 % |
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6 |
British Airways (BA) |
39,241,337 |
4.3 % |
3.4 % |
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7 |
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK) |
33,218,220 |
3.6 % |
(-0.2) % |
|
8 |
airberlin (AB) |
31,431,466 |
3.4 % |
(-5.2) % |
|
9 |
Norwegian (DY) |
26,880,907 |
2.9 % |
12.2 % |
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10 |
Alitalia (AZ) |
21,926,628 |
2.4 % |
(-14.6) % |
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11 |
Vueling (VY) |
21,486,414 |
2.4 % |
12.2 % |
|
12 |
Pegasus Airlines (PC) |
18,449,195 |
2.0 % |
21.2 % |
|
13 |
Flybe (BE) |
16,695,952 |
1.8 % |
10.6 % |
|
14 |
KLM (KL) |
15,554,080 |
1.7 % |
0.2 % |
|
15 |
Aer Lingus (EI) |
13,085,976 |
1.4 % |
7.8 % |
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TOTAL |
912,122,488 |
- |
1.2 % |
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SCHEDULED AIR CAPACITY WITHIN AND FROM WESTERN EUROPE (non-stop departures; 2013) |
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|
Rank |
Airport |
Available Seats |
% Share |
% Change v 2012 |
|
1 |
London (LHR) |
47,224,066 |
5.2 % |
0.0 % |
|
2 |
Frankfurt (FRA) |
37,782,810 |
4.1 % |
(-0.6) % |
|
3 |
Paris (CDG) |
37,315,943 |
4.1 % |
(-0.1) % |
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4 |
Istanbul (IST) |
32,339,668 |
3.5 % |
11.6 % |
|
5 |
Amsterdam (AMS) |
28,989,674 |
3.2 % |
1.7 % |
|
6 |
Madrid (MAD) |
25,952,830 |
2.8 % |
(-11.8) % |
|
7 |
Munich (MUC) |
25,595,998 |
2.8 % |
0.6 % |
|
8 |
Rome (FCO) |
23,346,850 |
2.6 % |
(-5.3) % |
|
9 |
Barcelona (BCN) |
22,183,218 |
2.4 % |
(-1.3) % |
|
10 |
London (LGW) |
20,618,316 |
2.3 % |
3.5 % |
|
11 |
Paris (ORY) |
17,704,631 |
1.9 % |
2.1 % |
|
12 |
Zurich (ZRH) |
15,833,734 |
1.7 % |
(-0.4) % |
|
13 |
Oslo (OSL) |
15,484,297 |
1.7 % |
5.0 % |
|
14 |
Copenhagen (CPH) |
15,451,331 |
1.7 % |
3.4 % |
|
15 |
Vienna (VIE) |
14,754,386 |
1.6 % |
(-1.1) % |
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TOTAL |
912,122,488 |
- |
1.2 % |
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