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Global Airline Capacity Shows Marginal Growth After a Year of Decline, Reports OAG, as August Figures are Released
Dépèche transmise le 18 août 2009 par PRNewswire
LONDON, August 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Global airline capacity is showing marginal growth for August 2009, the first month of positive growth for a year, reports OAG, ( ), the world's leading aviation data business, as it releases its monthly report on trends in the supply of airline flights and seats. The world's airlines have 314.2 million seats on offer this month, a rise of 0.2% (472,839 more seats) over August 2008 levels.
David Beckerman, vice president OAG Market Intelligence, said
"After a year of capacity cutbacks, it is encouraging to see positive numbers in the year on year comparisons. August is traditionally one of the busiest months for air travel, and it will be interesting to see if the steady upward trend we have seen since May continues once the summer vacation season draws to a close."
Frequencies remain down compared to August 2008, however. The world's airlines have scheduled a total of 2.53 million flights for August 2009, down by 2% (52,043 fewer flights) compared with the same month last year. Last month, the year on year global frequency figure was down by 3% and capacity was down by 1%.
The month by month trend since the start of the economic downturn can be seen in chart format at .
The figures are revealed in the August 2009 edition of OAG FACTS (Frequency & Capacity Trend Statistics), the dynamic monthly market intelligence tool providing the latest data on current passenger airline activity around the world.
OAG FACTS uses interactive graphs to display a visual trend of the performance of a specific airport, route, country or region from 2001 onwards, sourced from OAG's consolidated database of global airline schedules. A more detailed review of this month's OAG FACTS statistics - including information about specific regions, routes and airports with illustrative charts and graphs - is available to download at .
OAG provides the industry's most accurate single source of airline information, with essential aviation workflow data and analytics sourced from its comprehensive proprietary airline schedules, fleet and MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) databases. OAG is a leading brand of UBM Aviation, a global data and information business for the air transport industry. For more information visit
Notes to Editors
A chart showing the month-by-month trend since the start of the economic downturn is available at
CONTACT: For media enquiries, a copy of the full Executive Summary withcharts (Word or PDF format), or any individual charts, please contact:Alison Pickering, Corporate Communications, UBM Aviation, , +44(0)1582-695477.
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