SOUTHEAST ASIA AVIATION MARKET DATA

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

• Which is the busiest airport in the region?
• What is the biggest airline in Southeast Asia?
• Which Southeast Asian country has the most airline capacity?
• Which regions do most travellers from Southeast Asia visit?
• And more.

Find below flight data and analysis focused on the Southeast Asia aviation market, with data powered by OAG's Schedules Analyser. The data is updated monthly. Seats are calculated as departing seats (one-way).

How Much Airline Capacity is There in SouthEast Asia This Month?

• Overall capacity in the SE Asia market grew by 4.5% compared to June 2024 to 38.6 million seats.
• International capacity continues to grow at a faster rate than domestic capacity, with increases of 5.3% and 3.8% respectively.
• Domestic capacity represents 58% share of the market, and international capacity represent the remaining 42% market share.
  

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

• Indonesia remains the largest SE Asia market with 10.4m seats, despite a further reduction in capacity of 4.1% compared to June 2024. This is driven in part by aircraft shortages, maintenance issues and imports on spare parts, financial pressures and government mandated fare reductions challenging the airlines' operations and grounding aircraft.
• Thailand is the next largest market in SE Asia with 6.6m seats, adding 364,700 seats year on year, a 5.8% increase in capacity.
• The markets showing the largest growth in seats are Vietnam and Malaysia this month, adding 662,000 and 630,300 additional seats respectively compared with last year.
• Timor-leste is growing at the fastest rate again this month, up 36.7% on last June, but it remains one of the smallest country markets. 
  
  
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Which sOUTHeAST aSIAN Country Has The Most Domestic Airline Capacity?

• Indonesia is the largest domestic market in SE Asia with 8.4m seats, despite a 6.3% reduction in capacity over 570,000 fewer seats.
• Malaysia leads in domestic capacity growth, adding 488,800 seats over last year, with Thailand close behind at 432,300 additional seats.
• Domestic capacity in Cambodia halved to 19,200 seats.
  

Which is the Busiest Airport in SouthEast Asia?

• Singapore Changi remains the largest airport in the region, with 3.5m seats. This represents an increase of 4.1% in capacity compared to last year.
• Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi remain a close second, third and fourth busiest airports, with capacity of 3.13m, 3.03 and 2.99m seats each respectively.
• Vietnamese airports Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City continue to grow at the fastest rate of those in the Top 10, up 10% and 11% respectively vs last year.
• Within the Top 10, Jakarta was the only airport to reduce capacity compared with June 2024 by 6.1%.
  

Where do International Flights From SOUTHEAST Asia Go?

• Capacity to the rest of Asia Pacific remains the largest international market with 7.8m seats and increased by 4.7% (352,500 more seats) vs last year.
• International capacity within SE Asia, the next largest market with 6.6m seats, grew at a faster rate of 6% (369,800 more seats) vs June 2024.
• Capacity to Europe continues to grow at the fastest rate this month, increasing by 14.7% compared to last year to 728,900 seats.
  
  
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