Africa's Aviation Market

Monthly Airline Data Updates for the African Market

Discover the Busiest Airports and Airlines in Africa This Month | August 2025

How much airline capacity is there in Africa? Find out with new data each month, detailing:

  • Which is the busiest airport?
  • What is the biggest airline in Africa?
  • Which African country has the most airline capacity?
  • Which regions are most visited?
  • And more.
Data is sourced from OAG's Schedules Analyser; a cutting-edge platform for airline schedule analysis.

 

Top Ten Airlines in Africa (Departing seats, one-way) | August 2025

 

Which is the biggest airline in Africa?

  • Ethiopian Airlines remains Africa's largest carrier, operating 1.9m seats in Aug 25, an increase of 6.3%%, 114,700 more seats.
  • European LCC Transavia.com France grew at the fastest rate of 28% in the region, followed by Safair by 13.4% vs last year.
  • Capacity continued to decline for Kenya Airways by 19% vs last year.

Top Ten Busiest Airports by Departing Seats in Africa | August 2025

 

Which is the Busiest Airport in Africa?

  • Cairo remains the largest airport in the continent with 1.7m seats in Aug 25, an increase of 2.5%.
  • Fastest growth within the Top 10 largest airports in Africa came from Johannesburg, an increase of 11.7% vs Aug 24.  Followed by Cape Town and Algiers growing by 8.6% and 8.4% respectively.
  • Capacity reduced by 1.5% at Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International.

Airline Capacity in Africa | August 2025

 

How much airline capacity is there in Africa This Month?

  • Total capacity across Africa again this month has increased by 5.8% vs Aug 24 to 25m seats.
  • International capacity represents 79% of total capacity and is up by 5.9% vs Aug 2024. Whilst Domestic capacity increased by 5.3%.
  • Mainline carriers represent 80% of the market and capacity increased by 5.5% vs Aug 24.
  •  LCCs grew at a faster rate of 7.1% vs last year to 5.1m seats.

*As of July 2025, international capacity is reported on a two-way basis (previously one-way departing).

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African Countries' Airline Capacity | August 2025

 

Which African Country Has The Most Airline Capacity (Domestic + International)?

  • Egypt remains the largest country market in Africa with 2.8m seats in Aug 25, an increase of 3.3% vs last year.
  • Within the Top 10 countries, capacity grew at the fastest rate in Tanzania by 19.8% followed by South Africa by 11.6% and Algeria by 10.5%.
  • Capacity in Nigeria stabilised after several months of decline.

Which African Country Has THE Most DOMESTIC Airline Capacity?

 

  • South Africa continues to be the largest Domestic market in Africa, with 1.5m seats this month, an increase of 10.6% vs last year.
  •  Domestic capacity grew by 18.5% in Tanzania vs Aug 24 to 425,800 seats, in Kenya by 12.8% to 440,400 seats and in Algeria by 13.2% to 325,900 seats.
  • Domestic capacity declined in Egypt by 9.2%, 25,000 fewer seats.

Airline Capacity By African Region | August 2025

Where do flights from Africa go?

  • Capacity to Europe remains the largest International destination region, with 10m seats and grew by 5.3% vs Aug 24.
  • Capacity continues to grow at the fastest rate between Africa and Asia Pacific, with an increase of 15.5% compared to last August, an additional 83,600 seats.

Which Region of Africa Has Most AIRLINE Capacity?

  • Capacity to/from North Africa is the largest market with 7m seats, growing by 258,800 seats vs last year, a 3.8% increase vs Aug 24.
  • Volume wise, capacity grew most to/from Western Europe by 308,600 more seats, followed by Eastern Africa and Southern Africa by 292,200 and 262,100 additional seats respectively.
  • Capacity to/from Eastern/Central Europe declined by 12.4% this month vs Aug 24.

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