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OAG Reports Increased Flights for 2002 Holiday Season - US Media 18  December  2002

According to the report, the number of flights available to and from JFK, LaGuardia and Washington Reagan airports has increased by 21%, 19% and 92%, respectively. Similarly, overall scheduled flights for the 25 U.S. airports analysed in this report are up an average of over 8%, with significant increases in Chicago, Denver, Phoenix, Minneapolis and Memphis.

"This has been a turbulent time for the entire airline industry," commented Ivan Bekkers, vice president, OAG data, Americas. "We haven't reached pre-September 11 levels and the fate of future flight schedules is unknown, but in the short term, consumers can take comfort in knowing that there are more flights available to them."

U.S. AIRPORT FLIGHTS FOR DEC 9-15 2002 COMPARED TO DEC 10-16 2001

Airport	Frequency Variance	Percentage Variance
To/From Chicago O'Hare	1,600	10%
To/From Atlanta Hartsfield	1,090	7%
To/From Dallas Fort Worth	1,147	9%
To/From Denver	1,595	22%
To/From Phoenix Sky Harbour	967	12%
To/From Detroit Wayne County	707	9%
To/From Minneapolis	889	12%
To/From Houston George Bush	(36)	-0%
To/From Cincinnati Northern Kentucky	852	12%
To/From St Louis Lambert	(296)	-4%
To/From Philadelphia	216	3%
To/From Charlotte	(567)	-8%
To/From New York La Guardia	1,188	19%
To/From Newark	136	2%
To/From Pittsburgh	(1,016)	-14%
To/From Boston Logan	45	1%
To From/Seattle/Tacoma	191	3%
To/From Las Vegas McCarran	(219)	-4%
To/From San Francisco	175	3%
To/From Miami	44	1%
To/From Washington Dulles	(113)	-2%
To/From Salt Lake City	302	6%
To/From New York JFK	845	21%
To/From Washington Ronald Reagan	2,404	92%
To/From Chicago Midway	867	24%
To/From Orlando	216	5%
To/From Baltimore Washington	(300)	-6%
To/From Cleveland Hopkins	(131)	-3%
To/From Memphis	662	20%

To receive a copy of the full figures for the December 2002 report, including global and low cost sector data, click here, or contact Caroline Kahn at Tel. (312) 822-9443 or e-mail  carolinek@slackbarshinger.com
About the OAG Quarterly Report on Global Airline Schedules

This is the first OAG quarterly report on global airline schedules, developed to provide a comprehensive snapshot of the current state of the air travel industry.  The data used in the report is taken from the OAG schedules database, the scale and quality of which is unmatched. Recognized for its accuracy, the OAG database is constantly updated and holds data on more than 900 airlines and over 1.4 million flight sectors.

The report identifies and compares the number of scheduled flights by region, on key routes and to and from major airports, for a particular week from year to year.  Future reports are planned for publication in March, June, September and December 2003.