Air Transport Capacity in South West Pacific - A Market Snapshot

With Routes Asia fast approaching we take a closer look at the air transport landscape in South West Pacific. Looking at schedule data for the past two years shows that seat capacity on flights within and from South West Pacific increased 4.5 per cent in 2013, versus 2012, with departures up 2.6 per cent. In the tables below we highlight the largest airlines and airports in the South West Pacific 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.

SCHEDULED AIR CAPACITY WITHIN AND FROM SOUTH WEST PACIFIC (non-stop departures; 2013)

Rank

Operating Airline

Available Seats

% Share

% Change v 2012

1

Qantas (QF)

26,512,805

20.0 %

1.1 %

2

Virgin Australia (DJ)

21,541,134

16.3 %

(-2.3) %

3

Jetstar Airways (JQ)

19,247,635

14.6 %

9.1 %

4

Air New Zealand (NZ)

9,689,360

7.3 %

0.6 %

5

Tigerair Australia (TT)

3,688,920

2.8 %

47.5 %

6

Sunstate Airlines (SSQ)

3,288,008

2.5 %

(-0.3) %

7

Air Nelson (RLK)

2,938,800

2.2 %

(-4.9) %

8

Emirates Airline (EK)

2,913,952

2.2 %

16.6 %

9

Eastern Australia Airlines (EAQ)

2,895,302

2.2 %

4.7 %

10

Virgin Australia International (VA)

2,501,629

1.9 %

700.7 %

11

Airlink (QF)

2,480,140

1.9 %

14.3 %

12

Air Niugini (PX)

2,402,964

1.8 %

15.2 %

13

Mount Cook Airlines (NZM)

2,214,488

1.7 %

26.8 %

14

REX – Regional Express (ZL)

2,192,728

1.7 %

(-0.5) %

15

Singapore Airlines (SQ)

2,134,020

1.6 %

5.4 %

TOTAL

132,253,975

-

4.5 %

SCHEDULED AIR CAPACITY WITHIN AND FROM SOUTH WEST PACIFIC (non-stop departures; 2013)

Rank

Airport

Available Seats

% Share

% Change v 2012

1

Sydney (SYD)

25,692,197

19.4 %

3.1 %

2

Melbourne (MEL)

19,910,869

15.1 %

5.8 %

3

Brisbane (BNE)

14,966,822

11.3 %

6.5 %

4

Auckland (AKL)

9,317,239

7.0 %

3.3 %

5

Perth (PER)

8,873,178

6.7 %

6.6 %

6

Adelaide (ADL)

5,058,166

3.8 %

6.7 %

7

Gold Coast (OOL)

3,645,170

2.8 %

6.4 %

8

Wellington (WLG)

3,484,224

2.6 %

2.0 %

9

Christchurch (CHC)

3,475,653

2.6 %

0.1 %

10

Cairns (CNS)

2,997,414

2.3 %

6.7 %

11

Canberra (CBR)

2,325,527

1.8 %

(-0.3) %

12

Guam (GUM)

2,071,373

1.6 %

(-6.5) %

13

Darwin (DRW)

1,515,920

1.1 %

8.3 %

14

Hobart (HBA)

1,326,412

1.0 %

12.2 %

15

Port Moresby (POM)

1,311,103

1.0 %

14.9 %

TOTAL

132,253,975

-

4.5 %

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…