Africa's Aviation Market

Monthly Airline Data Updates for the African Market

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

 

Which is the biggest airline in Africa?

  • Ethiopian Airlines remains Africa's largest carrier, operating 1.9m seats in July 25, an increase of 8.5%, 150,000 more seats.
  • European LCC, Transavia.com France, grew at the fastest rate of 29.8% in the region, followed by Safair by 18.5% vs last year.
  • Capacity continued to decline for Kenya Airways by 21.7% vs last year.

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

 

Which is the Busiest Airport in Africa?

  • Cairo remains the largest airport in the continent with 1.7m seats in July 25, an increase of 5.8%.
  • Fastest growth within the Top 10 largest airports in Africa came from Algiers again this month, an increase of 13.2% vs July 24.
  •  Followed by Johannesburg and Cape Town growing by 12.3% and 10.5% respectively.

Airline Capacity in Africa | July 2025

 

How much airline capacity is there in Africa This Month?

  • Total capacity across Africa this month has increased by 4.6% vs July 24 to 24.4m seats.
  • International capacity is now reported on a two way basis in the summary, hence the increase on international  capacity figures published in the June 2025 Africa Dashboard. 
  • International capacity represents 80% of total capacity and is up by 5.6% vs July 2024 whilst Domestic capacity increased by 0.9%.
  • Mainline carriers represent 79% of the market and capacity increased by 3.7% vs July 24.
  • LCCs grew at a faster rate of 8.2% vs last year to 5 million seats.   The growth of LCCs is mainly driven by the increase in Europe-North Africa Services into Morocco.

*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 | July 2025

 

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

  • Egypt remains the largest country market in Africa with 2.8m seats in July 25, an increase of 5.9% vs last year.
  • With the Top 10 countries, capacity grew at the fastest rate in Tanzania by 16.7% followed by South Africa by 13.5%.
  • Capacity continued to decline in Nigeria by 24.8% vs July 24.

Which African Country Has THE Most DOMESTIC Airline Capacity?

 

  • South Africa continues to be the largest Domestic market in Africa, with 1.6m seats this month, an increase of 14.2% vs last year. Domestic capacity grew by 18.4% in Kenya vs July 24 to 435,800 seats.
  • Domestic capacity also declined in Nigeria, reducing by a third vs last year and reflecting  the decline in disposable income, high cost of air tickets, diminishing economy and reduced fleets of airlines.

Airline Capacity By African Region | July 2025

Where do flights from Africa go?

  • Capacity to Europe remains the largest International destination region, with 9.8m seats and grew by 5.6% vs July 24.
    Capacity continues to grow at the fastest rate between Africa and Asia Pacific, with an increase of 22.2% compared to last July, an additional 118,500 seats.

Which Region of Africa Has Most AIRLINE Capacity?

  • Capacity to/from North Africa is the largest market with 6.9m seats, growing by 353,200 seats vs last year, a 5.4% increase vs July 24.
  • Percentage wise, capacity to/from Southern Africa and Eastern Africa grew at the fastest rate of 10.4% and 8.3% respectively vs last July.
  • Capacity to/from Central/Western Africa continued to reduce, declining by 9.6% this month vs July 24.

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