STATS: Air Capacity Between Europe and North America

In our final edition of The HUB for 2011 we bring you some statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in individual domestic markets, regional capacity within continents and traffic between particular parts of the world. All the data shows weekly flight capacity for the week commencing January 14, 2012.

AIRLINES

TRANSATLANTIC AIR CAPACITY BETWEEN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airline

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

British Airways

335

107,226

14.6 %

2

Delta Air Lines

307

73,668

10.0 %

3

Lufthansa

201

59,741

8.1 %

4

Air France

185

50,347

6.9 %

5

Continental Airlines

239

47,750

6.5 %

(Others)

1,464

395,584

53.9 %

TOTAL

2,731

734,316

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EUROPEAN AIRPORTS

TRANSATLANTIC AIR CAPACITY BETWEEN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airport

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

London Heathrow

685

201,991

27.5 %

2

Frankfurt

313

88,976

12.1 %

3

Paris CDG

326

81,001

11.0 %

4

Amsterdam Schiphol

233

62,090

8.5 %

5

Madrid Barajas

153

40,599

5.5 %

(Others)

1,021

259,659

35.4 %

TOTAL

2,731

734,316

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US AIRPORTS

TRANSATLANTIC AIR CAPACITY BETWEEN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airport

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

New York John F Kennedy International

422

110,986

15.1 %

2

Newark Liberty International

311

67,387

9.2 %

3

Washington Dulles International

173

44,877

6.1 %

4

Chicago O’Hare International

165

43,427

5.9%

5

Miami International

124

34,870

4.7 %

(Others)

1,536

432,769

58.9 %

TOTAL

2,731

734,316

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Richard Maslen

Richard Maslen has travelled across the globe to report on developments in the aviation sector as airlines and airports have continued to evolve and…