US AVIATION MARKET

Top 10 Airlines in the US by departing seats (one way) in May 2024.

• The Top 10 US airlines remains unchanged from last month.
• American Airlines remains the largest carrier in the US by seat volume in May 24, with 2.4m more seats than Southwest who remain in second place. 
• The big 4 continue to dominate the market with almost three quarters of the share of capacity.
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Top 10 Busiest Airline Routes in the US by departing seats in May 2024.

• The top 10 busiest US routes by departing seats remains unchanged from April 24.
• Atlanta - Orlando remains the busiest US route this month, despite a 3% reduction in capacity when adjusted for the length of the month.
• Daily capacity reduced by 6% on the Denver - Phoenix route, following a reduction last month.  Daily capacity also reduced on the Atlanta - Fort Lauderdale route by 4%.
• The daily adjusted capacity increased most on the Las Vegas - Los Angeles route, increasing by 6% and making it the second busiest route.
       

Top 10 Airports in the US by departing seats (one-way) this month.

• There are 657 airports with scheduled services operating this month.  The Top 10 airports continue to account for 36% of capacity. 
• Atlanta remains the biggest airport in capacity terms, by over 1m seats.
• In real terms, capacity in the Top 10 US airports increased most in Dallas Fort Worth Intl, increasing by 10% and was reduced most at Orlando Intl, decreasing by 2%.  

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

• Growth this month came largely from major US carriers, with American Airlines increasing capacity by 1.3m seats, Delta Air Lines increasing by 987,000 seats and United Airlines by 765,000 seats.
• Percentage wise, Frontier Airlines increased capacity most, increasing by 10% over 340,000 seats.