Airlines cut back on North Atlantic

November 17, 2009 |

According to a new OAG report, airlines have scheduled an eight per cent drop in capacity on the lucrative North Atlantic for this month against November last year, representing 434,467 fewer seats. Frequencies are down by 10%, representing 2,144 fewer transatlantic flights for the month.

The figures from aviation data company OAG shows that airlines have increased total global capacity by three per cent year on year to 285.4 million seats.

Global frequencies are up by one per cent compared to November 2008, with a total of 2.3 million flights for November 2009, despite an average North American frequency decline of 2%.

Frequencies and capacity in the low cost sector worldwide are both up by eight per cent compared to a year ago, accounting for 424,458 flights (18%) and 62.6 million seats (22%).

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