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80% of the World’s Largest International Markets Remain at Less Than 10% of ...

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Often referred to as the world’s largest mass migration, Chunyun, or the Spring ...

Another dire week for global aviation with more lockdowns, sudden suspensions ...

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Understanding how passengers flow around the global airline network is vital ...

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“Unprecedented” is a word we’ve heard a lot over the past 5 months. It’s a term ...

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Last week we were very close, this week we have broken through the 50 million ...

One thing COVID-19 has taught us is not to be greedy, an industry virtually ...

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It’s been a good week for scheduled airline capacity with nearly sixty airlines ...

At last a quiet week in terms of capacity changes; at least at the headline ...

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Its been a record breaking positive week for weekly capacity growth; we have ...

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A further 11.1 Million seats were removed from the OAG database this week by ...

In the last seven days just over 20 million scheduled seats have been removed ...

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Fashion is all about keeping up with the new and, for some, taking the lead ...

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From its origins as a Scandinavian low-cost carrier more than 10 years ago, ...

Amidst the sadness this week at the loss of a heritage brand from the UK plc ...

At their training camps across Japan, the 20 national teams waiting for the ...

Adelaide Airport has reinforced its position as one of Australia’s fastest ...

In June, Westjet and Delta came one step closer to creating a joint venture ...

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The grounding of the B737Max continues and the commercial damage for airline ...

Commentators would have you believe that the market is soft this summer as ...

Having looked like a certainty, and then not, by the end of June the ...

The availability of more data than ever before has given the aviation industry ...

Airbus edged out Boeing in the annual aircraft order competition for 2017, but ...

It’s quite rare for two countries to completely liberalise their air service ...

It’s always sad to see an airline cease operations and next week Air Berlin ...

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Ryanair may be making headlines for all the wrong reasons as its handling on a ...

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The great strength of hub airports is that they connect passengers from one ...

An airline that reports a $1.5 Billion profit, achieves a near 94% passenger ...

One of the last major Barack Obama initiatives was the formalisation of ...

In the second collaborative piece, OAG and Skyscanner explore three trending ...

As airports and airspace become more crowded, the way operations are managed ...

Legacy carriers are right to be jittery about the competitive threat from ...

It’s a discussion that has raged since the first commercial air services. Who ...

In the first of a series of collaborative pieces – OAG has teamed up with ...

Relationships which cross continents are rarely easy. This is as true for ...

If you can’t beat them, join them. Or so the motto goes. Having spent years ...

Having gone through a period of intense consolidation, the US now has three ...

The three largest US airlines are all the result of mergers in recent years. ...

It’s now seven years since Delta Air Lines and Northwest completed their ...

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It’s been a good year for the Big Three. Strong profits, new aircraft ...

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Aviation is a risky business from many perspectives; the returns for airlines ...

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As World Routes heads to Chengdu in September, OAG takes a timely look at where ...

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Aviation is full of great iconic airline battles, it’s what makes the industry ...

It’s only a week ago since All Nippon Airways took delivery of its 50th ...

It’s been an iconic ambition to secure non-stop services from Australia to the ...

Traditionally on the busiest week of the year, Delta Air Lines had been struck ...

It may prove to be one of the last changes to US aviation policy under the ...

With the expectation that a decision on where London’s next runway capacity ...

Geography can be challenging, especially when you are located on the East or ...

Air services between China and Europe are growing rapidly. In July 2016, there ...

We all like to travel as directly as possible from one destination to the next ...

Imagine two cities with populations of 31 million and 25 million, respectively. ...

In December 2014, OAG published its 2015 Trends report. At the time the world ...

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With approval granted for numerous new air services to Havana, airports and ...

Using OAG data, we reveal the top 10 unserved routes in key Eastern Europe ...

According to OAG’s most recent report, “Self-Connection: The Rise and ...

The announcement that Alaska Airlines is acquiring Virgin America surprised ...

US regulators have indicated their intention to use the availability of slots ...

With the arrival of the new and more efficient breed of long range aircraft, ...

In our latest report, OAG explores drivers of growth in Eastern Europe.

For many years the fortunes of the aviation industry were a reflection of ...

Find out which airlines and airports got their on-time performance off to a ...

As airports across the East Coast of the United States clear up after the ...

On paper, at least, prospects for Iranian aviation are looking good.

Once again we’ve had a busy first week back in the office at OAG HQ; with no ...

At OAG we track every scheduled flight around the planet on a daily basis. With ...

The first confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa were reported in ...

In contrast to news reports of weakness in the Chinese economy, there is no ...

How OTP is measured has recently come into question with the suggestion that ...

In preparation for Thanksgiving this year, OAG uses data from Schedules ...

In the first couple of weeks of November, Ryanair will be launching three new ...

It's one of the largest continents on the planet with over 15% of the worlds ...

With the Rugby World Cup kicking off tonight, OAG looks back on the prestigious ...

The announcement of a merger between two of the largest Russian airlines, ...

Alaska Airlines Strengthens Relationship with American With the news last week ...

With Singapore set to celebrate 50 years of independence this weekend we take a ...

With Beijing airspace set to be closed for 3 hours next month as part of the ...

Your Most Powerful Aviation Data Set It’s probably one of the most powerful ...

Analysing Delta Air Lines' role at Dallas Southwest has given Delta Air Lines a ...

What The Gulf Carriers Mean for US Airline Networks The recent complaint from ...

Airbus called a halt to production of its four-engine wide-body A340 towards ...

In March 2015, US carriers presented a case for unfair competition from some of ...

This summer marks the fourth summer since Japan and the Republic of China ...

In 2011 there were 241 airlines registered and operating scheduled services ...

With election fever about to take over the UK in the coming weeks, there is a ...

It's amazing how much difference one mile can make in aviation! Today scheduled ...

Holiday periods are often busy times in terms of air travel and Chinese New ...

Talk of Europe’s biggest airline groups, IAG, Air-France KLM and Deutsche ...

Think of an industry that for the last three decades has been dominated by ...

It seems that the possibilities of an IAG acquisition of Aer Lingus are ...

How big a hole does the suspension of Cyprus Airways leave in the air transport ...

Congratulations to our Punctuality League winners! It’s been a busy week here ...

As 2014 draws to a close we look into the new year and use our extensive ...

Like many currently eagerly anticipating what Christmas might bring, this week ...

Friday evenings are notorious on the M25 around London but this week it’s the ...

OAG welcomes Christmas with this festive infographic showing the top 10 ...