With Routes Asia fast approaching we take a closer look at the air transport landscape in Central Asia. Looking at schedule data for the past two years shows that seat capacity on flights within and from Central Asia increased 13.2 per cent in 2013, versus 2012, with departures up 11.3 per cent. In the tables below we highlight the largest airlines and airports in the Central Asian market by seat capacity in 2013 and compare these 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 CENTRAL ASIA (non-stop departures; 2013) |
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Rank |
Operating Airline |
Available Seats |
% Share |
% Change v 2012 |
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1 |
Air Astana (KC) |
4,419,113 |
32.5 % |
16.0 % |
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2 |
Uzbekistan Airways (HY) |
2,286,868 |
16.8 % |
0.1 % |
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3 |
Air Company SCAT (DV) |
965,179 |
7.1 % |
38.9 % |
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4 |
Altyn Air (QH) |
571,686 |
4.2 % |
37.9 % |
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5 |
Turkish Airlines (TK) |
449,243 |
3.3 % |
16.0 % |
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6 |
Ural Airlines (U6) |
429,332 |
3.2 % |
30.3 % |
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7 |
Avia Traffic Company (YK) |
425,702 |
3.1 % |
90.1 % |
|
8 |
Transaero Airlines (UN) |
350,920 |
2.6 % |
13.4 % |
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9 |
S7 Airlines (S7) |
301,992 |
2.2 % |
18.0 % |
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10 |
UTAir (UT) |
251,036 |
1.8 % |
(-1.0) % |
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11 |
Rossiya Airlines (FV) |
244,176 |
1.8 % |
5.4 % |
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12 |
China Southern Airlines (CZ) |
204,539 |
1.5 % |
9.0 % |
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13 |
Lufthansa (LH) |
194,364 |
1.4 % |
3.5 % |
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14 |
Somon Air (SZ) |
164,212 |
1.2 % |
New Code |
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15 |
Bek Air (Z9) |
158,992 |
1.2 % |
236.8 % |
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TOTAL |
13,597,898 |
- |
13.2 % |
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SCHEDULED AIR CAPACITY WITHIN AND FROM CENTRAL ASIA (non-stop departures; 2013) |
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Rank |
Airport |
Available Seats |
% Share |
% Change v 2012 |
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1 |
Almaty (ALA) |
2,985,216 |
22.0 % |
13.2 % |
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2 |
Tashkent (TAS) |
1,983,627 |
14.6 % |
0.3 % |
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3 |
Astana (TSE) |
1,766,703 |
13.0 % |
21.9 % |
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4 |
Bishkek (FRU) |
1,149,563 |
8.5 % |
45.7 % |
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5 |
Osh (OSS) |
715,766 |
5.3 % |
42.9 % |
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6 |
Dushanbe (DYU) |
686,959 |
5.1 % |
(-13.0) % |
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7 |
Aktau (SCO) |
477,337 |
3.5 % |
5.3 % |
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8 |
Ashgabat (ASB) |
438,490 |
3.2 % |
11.0 % |
|
9 |
Atyrau (GUW) |
404,206 |
3.0 % |
13.4 % |
|
10 |
Khudzhand (LBD) |
367,673 |
2.7 % |
1.2 % |
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11 |
Shimkent (CIT) |
282,983 |
2.1 % |
32.1 % |
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12 |
Samarkand (SKD) |
225,244 |
1.7 % |
(-5.8) % |
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13 |
Urgench (UGC) |
189,668 |
1.4 % |
(-2.9) % |
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14 |
Aktobe (AKX) |
184,084 |
1.4 % |
(-4.1) % |
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15 |
Namangan (NMA) |
154,164 |
1.1 % |
18.9 % |
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TOTAL |
13,597,898 |
- |
13.2 % |
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