STATS: Air Capacity Data - South Africa

Every week The HUB will provide 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.

DOMESTIC FLIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

DOMESTIC AIR CAPACITY IN SOUTH AFRICA (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airline

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

South African Airways (SA)

1,626

138,566

39.4 %

2

Kulula.com / Comair (MNA)

358

57,288

16.3 %

3

British Airways / Comair (BA)

382

47,124

13.4 %

4

1time (T6)

284

42,600

12.1 %

5

Mango (JE)

218

36,624

10.4 %

(Others)

184

29,719

8.4 %

TOTAL

3,052

351,921

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DOMESTIC AIR CAPACITY IN SOUTH AFRICA (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airport

Weekly Departures

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

Johannesburg OR Tambo International (JNB)

1,053

130,246

37.0 %

2

Cape Town International (CPT)

691

92,987

26.4 %

3

Durban International (DUR)

469

58,577

16.6 %

4

Port Elizabeth (PLZ)

203

18,782

5.3 %

5

Lanseria (HLA)

105

16,689

4.7 %

(Others)

531

34,640

9.8 %

TOTAL

3,052

351,921

INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURES FROM SOUTH AFRICA

INTERNATIONAL AIR CAPACITY FROM SOUTH AFRICA (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airline

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

South African Airways (SA)

422

58,181

38.0 %

2

British Airways (BA)

67

15,441

10.1 %

3

Emirates Airline (EK)

42

11,016

7.2 %

4

Virgin Atlantic Airways (VS)

14

5,250

3.4 %

5

Air Namibia (SW)

45

4,929

3.2 %

6

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL)

14

4,592

3.0 %

7

Lufthansa (LH)

14

3,626

2.4 %

8

Qantas Airways (QF)

7

3,024

2.0 %

9

Air Botswana (BP)

47

3,023

2.0 %

10

LAM Mozambique (TM)

33

2,865

1.9 %

(Others)

193

41,189

26.9 %

TOTAL

898

153,136

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INTERNATIONAL AIR CAPACITY FROM SOUTH AFRICA (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airport

Weekly Departures

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

Johannesburg OR Tambo International (JNB)

752

123,903

80.9 %

2

Cape Town International (CPT)

114

26,115

17.1 %

3

Durban International (DUR)

14

2,331

1.5 %

4

Lanseria (HLA)

10

470

0.3 %

5

Kruger Mpumalanga International (MQP)

8

317

0.2 %

(Others)

-

-

-

TOTAL

898

153,136

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TOP TEN OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

TOP INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FROM SOUTH AFRICA (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airport

Weekly Departures

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

London Heathrow (LHR)

61

21,931

14.3%

2

Dubai International (DXB)

42

11,016

7.2 %

3

Windhoek Hosea Kutako International (WDH)

77

7,721

5.0 %

4

Frankfurt (FRA)

21

5,999

3.9 %

5

Gaborone Sir Seretse Khama International (GBE)

77

5,381

3.5 %

6

Harare (HRE)

42

5,125

3.3 %

7

Maputo International (MPM)

57

5,120

3.3 %

8

Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)

14

4,592

3.0 %

9

Hong Kong International (HKG)

14

4,550

3.0 %

10

Luanda Quatro de Fevereiro (LAD)

14

4,187

2.7 %

(Others)

479

77,514

50.6 %

TOTAL

898

153,136

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