DISCOVER THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS, AIRLINES AND FLIGHT ROUTES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA THIS MONTH | MAY 2023

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

• South East Asia's airline capacity in May 2023 is 36.4m seats, which is 15% below where it was in May 2019, but 27% up on May 2022. 
• Domestic capacity makes up 62% of all seats, while international capacity makes up the remaining 38% of seats.
• While domestic capacity is 9% below where it was in May 2019, international capacity is at -23%.
• International capacity is recovering though and has grown 148% from May 2022.
• Seats per day in the region have grown by 4% in May compared to April 2023.

• The country with the largest capacity in SE Asia is Indonesia which makes up 30% of the region's capacity. 
• The number of seats per day from Indonesia is 349,919 and grew by 6% in May compared to April. 
• Viet Nam has moved up to be the second largest country in terms of capacity with 6.2 million seats in May 2023 and accounts for 17% of the region's airline capacity. Seats per day have increased by 4%. 
• Thailand is now the third largest country in SE Asia with 6 million seats and accounts for 16% of the regions capacity. Seats per day have decreased by 4% in May 2023 compared to last month.

• Five of the Top 10 domestic routes in SE Asia are in Indonesia, with Jakarta (CGK) to Denpasar-Bali (DPS) being the largest of these, and ranked second largest in the region.
• This route averaged 13% more seats each day in May than in April.
• The top ranked domestic route in SE Asia is in Viet Nam: Hanoi (HAN) to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) with 908,298 seats.
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• Singapore is a key location in SE Asia and 7 of the Top 10 international routes in the region start or end in Singapore.
• The Top 5 international routes are between Singapore and other major regional hub airports - Kuala Lumpur (KUL), Jakarta (CGK), Bangkok (BKK), Denpasar-Bali and and Manila (MNL).
• The international route ranked No. 1 in SE Asia is Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Singapore (SIN) with 427,124 seats. 
• Jakarta (CGK) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) grew the most in May 2023 compared to last month with seats per day increasing by 23%.  

• The Top 10 airports in SE Asia make up 59% of all capacity.
• Jakarta remains the largest airport by capacity in SE Asia this month with 3.2 million seats and seats per day gre by 8% compared to last month.
• Singapore is the second biggest airport with 3 million seats and seats per day grew 2% in May 2023 compared to April. 
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• The airports adding the most international capacity this month are Singapore (SIN), Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and Bangkok Don Mueang (DMK).
• For Singapore (SIN) this means an additional 159,437 seats, or 6% more seats.
• For Kuala Lumpur (KUL) this means an additonal 127,011 seats, an 8% increase.
• For Bangkok Don Mueang (DMK) this means an 18% increase in seats but in absolute numbers 95,000 seats have been added.

• Lion Air remains SE Asia's largest carrier by seat volume and capacity is now 15% above May 2019.
• Half of the Top 10 airlines are now operating as many seats as they did in April 2019 - Lion Air, Vietnamese Airlines, Vietjet, Batik Air and Singpaore Airlines.
• Batik Air is the 6th largest carrier in SE Asia in May 2023 with 1.8 million seats and capacity is 45% higher than May 2019.

• Lion Air has added the most seats this month, with an extra 431,159 seats and increasing capacity by 15%.
• Vietjet has added the second-highest number of seats this month with 254,907 seats, which is an increase of 13%. 
• Batik Air Malaysia has added the biggest percentage of seats increasing by 22% in May 2023 compared to April.