SOUTH EAST ASIA AVIATION MARKET

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DISCOVER THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS, AIRLINES AND FLIGHT ROUTES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA THIS MONTH | MAY 2024

Find below flight data and analysis focused on the South East Asia aviation market, with data powered by OAG's Schedules Analyser. The data is updated monthly. Seats are calculated as departing seats (one-way).

TOTAL AIRLINE CAPACITY (DOMESTIC + INTERNATIONAL) IN SOUTH EAST ASIA | MAY 2024

KEY POINTS

  • South East Asia's airline capacity in May 24 is 38.2m seats, which is 10.7% below where it was in May 2019.
  • Domestic capacity accounts for 58% of all seats this month, while international capacity makes up the remaining 42% of seats.
  • International capacity is now recovering well, growing by 17% relative to May 23.
  • Total seat capacity in the region has increased by 5% in May 24 compared with May 23.

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TOTAL SEATS BY COUNTRY | MAY 2024

KEY POINTS

  • Indonesia remains the largest country by seat capacity in the region, with 11.4m seats and accounts for 30% of the region's air capacity.
  • Thailand is second largest with 7m seats in May 24 and accounts for 18% of the region's capacity.
  • Daily capacity in Myanmar decreased by 8% vs last month, off a small base.

TOP 10 FLIGHT ROUTES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA | MAY 2024

TOP 10 DOMESTIC ROUTES

TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL ROUTES

  • The top domestic route in SE Asia remains Hanoi (HAN) to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) with 905,700 seats, a daily capacity increase of 3% compared to April 24.
  • Daily capacity increased most on the Jakarta to Medan Kuala Namu  (CGK-KNO) route, increasing by 21% in May 24.
  • It increased by 16% on the Surabaya to Makassar route (SUB-UPG).
  • Five of the Top 10 domestic routes are internal Indonesian flights, Jakarta (CGK) to Makassar (UPG) is the largest of these with more than 562,000 seats.
  • Da Nang - Hanoi (DAD-HAN) and Nakhon Si Thammarat - Phuket (DMK-NKT) entered the top 10 domestic routes this month.
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  • Singapore continues to be a key International hub in SE Asia with 6 of the Top 10 international routes in the region starting or ending there. 
  • The top 4 international routes remain between Singapore and other major regional hub airports - Kuala Lumpur (KUL), Bangkok (BKK), Jakarta (CGK) and Denpasar (DPS).
  • Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Singapore (SIN) remains the busiest route with almost 460,000 seats this month, a daily increase of 2%.
  • Daily capacity decreased by 16% on the Bangkok (BKK) to Hong Kong (HKG) route, after a similar increase the previous month.

TOP 10 BUSIEST AIRPORTS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA | MAY 2024

TOP 10 AIRPORTS BY TOTAL SEATS

TOP 10 FASTEST CHANGING AIRPORTS BY INTERNATIONAL SEATS

  • The Top 10 airports in SE Asia remains unchanged and make up 60% of all capacity.
  • Singapore Airport has moved up a place to be the largest airport by capacity in SE Asia in November with 3.16m seats.
  • Jakarta moves down a place to be the second largest airport with 3.14m seats this month.
  • Both Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) and Hanoi (HAN) have seen the biggest increase in seats this month with both seeing capacity increase by 6%.
  • International capacity increased most at Singapore Changi, with 129,300 seats added in May 24.
  • International capacity almost quadrupled at Majalengka (KJT) in Indonesia.
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TOP 10 BUSIEST AIRLINES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA | MAY 2024

TOP 10 AIRLINES BY SEATS

Top 10 Airlines in South East Asia by departing seats (one way).

TOP 10 AIRLINES BY SEATS ADDED

Top 10 Airlines by seats added month-on-month.

  • Lion Air remains SE Asia's largest carrier by seat volume, with 3.2m seats.  Lion Air's capacity is now 11% higher than in May 2019.
  • AirAsia is the second largest carrier, with 2.5m seats, however capacity is 18% lower than in May 2019.
  • Batik Air and Singapore Airlines continue to exceed 2019 levels by 29% and 17% this month.
  • Lion Air has added the most number of seats this month adding 162,600 seats, followed by Batik Air who increased capacity by 95,800 seats.
  • Percentage wise, Saudi Arabian Airlines increased capacity most, increasing by 59% in May 24.

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