Africa's Aviation Market

Monthly Airline Data Updates for the African Market

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

 

Which is the biggest airline in Africa?

  • Ethiopian Airlines remains Africa's largest carrier, operating 1.8m seats in June 2025 - an increase of 119,700.
  • Turkish Airlines grew at the fastest rate of 15.7%, followed by Air Algerie which grew by 12.1% vs last year.
  • Capacity continued to decline for Kenya Airways by 19% vs last year.

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

 

Which is the Busiest Airport in Africa?

  • Cairo remains the largest airport in the continent with 1.6m seats in June 2025.
  • Algiers saw the fastest growth with an increase of 14.6% vs June 2024.

Airline Capacity in Africa | june 2025

 

How much airline capacity is there in Africa This Month?

  • Total capacity across Africa this month has increased by 4.2% vs June 2024 to 15.6m seats.
  • International capacity represents 69% of total capacity and is up by 4.8% vs June 2024, whilst domestic capacity increased by 3.0%.
  • Mainline carriers represent 84% of the market and capacity increased by 4% vs June 2024. LCCs grew at a faster rate of 5.6% to 2.5 million seats.

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African Countries' Airline Capacity | june 2025

 

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

  • Egypt remains the largest country market in Africa with 2.7m seats in June 25, an increase of 1.8% vs last year.
  • With the Top 10 countries, capacity grew at the fastest rate of 11.7% in Algeria, with 95,600 more seats. This is followed by Tanzania where capacity grew by 10.4%, 54,500 more seats than last year. 
  • The decline in capacity in Nigeria slowed to 1.3% (11,570 fewer seats) vs last year.

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 8.2% vs last year.
  • Domestic capacity grew by 20.2% in Kenya vs June 2024 to 412,700 seats.
  • The decline in domestic capacity in Nigeria slowed to 1.8% (11,641 fewer seats). It also declined by 6% in Egypt vs June 2024.

Airline Capacity By African Region | june 2025

Where do flights from Africa go?

  • Capacity to Europe remains the largest international destination region with 4.4m seats, an increase of 223,800 seats vs June 2024.
  • Capacity continues to grow at the fastest rate between Africa and Asia Pacific, with an increase of 17.3% compared to last June, an additional 43,000 seats.

Which Region of Africa Has Most AIRLINE Capacity?

  • Capacity to/from North Africa is the largest market with 6.4m seats, growing by 239,800 seats vs last year, a 3.9% increase.
  • Percentage wise, capacity to/from Southern Africa and Eastern Africa grew at the fastest rate of 8.3% and 8.1% respectively vs last June. 
  • Capacity to/from Central/Western Africa continued to reduce, declining by 3.6% this month vs June 2024.

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