- Over 5,000 more international flights to and from North America versus July 2004
- Over 3,000 more international flights to and from Latin America
- 370,000 additional transatlantic seats
- Domestic demand flattens out
- Low cost sector continues to grow
- Over 4.5 million additional seats within Asia versus July 2004
- China's domestic capacity up 14 per cent, nearly 2 million additional seats
- Over 8,000 new low cost flights added
- Inter-regional flights to and from Europe up by 7%, Africa lead with 10%
- Two thirds of region's capacity growth generated by low cost carriers
- Big differences in low cost trends: UK, Germany & Spain up, France & Italy down
- UK capacity - domestic up 11 per cent, international up 9 per cent
- World airlines provide over 280 million seats for July flights
- 14.4 million additional seats provided versus July 2004
- 4.5 million seats added in Asia and 3.9 million in Europe
- Worldwide the low cost sector provides nearly five million additional seats
- Africa leads with 15 per cent growth in seat capacity
OAG MAX Online, a revolutionary new service offering market intelligence on global flight schedules and related data, is launched today by OAG. Requiring no IT or database expertise, it offers quick and easy internet access to critical information necessary for competitive advantage in the air transport industry.
Today in Beijing, the leading provider of information technology solutions for China’s air travel and tourism industries, TravelSky Technologies Ltd., signed a 5 year co-operative agreement with OAG Worldwide that will give increased visibility to the Chinese aviation market.
AFRA will enable Kuehne + Nagel to seamlessly capture contract, promotional and general airfreight rates from airlines and GSAs, speeding up its existing market information and buying processes and enabling the company to buy airline capacity in the most efficient way. AFRA provides advanced features to create and distribute sales and internal nett rates to customers and other network offices. It also allows for rates to be easily uploaded from various sources and in a variety of formats.
- Low-cost airlines now operate one in eight of all flights
- Europe, Middle East and Africa lead the way
- Asia-Pacific sees low-cost ops double
- After four years of gradual recovery the Worldwide number of flight volumes is now exceeding those of Q1 2001
- Year on year flight volumes have increased by 5%
- Low-cost airlines and Asia-Pacific outpace global growth rates
- 160 potential airline start ups
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