US AVIATION MARKET

Top 10 Airlines in the US by departing seats (one way) in September 2023.

• US carriers are operating 96.5 million seats in September 2023, down 7m seats.
• The big 4 - American, Southwest, Delta and United continue to account for 74% of US capacity.
• Allegiant Air reduced capacity most within the top 10 carriers, declining by 22% vs August 2023.
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Top 10 Busiest Airline Routes in the US by departing seats in September 2023.

• Honolulu-Kahului remains the busiest US route this month, despite a decline of 6% in capacity.
• In line with seasonal changes, capacity declined on all of the top 10 busiest US routes, declining most on the Atlanta-Fort Lauderdale route by 18%. This was driven by Delta reducing capacity by over 10k seats.

Top 10 Airports in the US by departing seats (one-way) in September 2023.

• There are 668 airports in the US operating scheduled air services this month.
• Capacity from the Top 10 airports continues to contribute 36% of total US capacity.
• The largest airport remains Atlanta (ATL) which handles 5% of all capacity at US airports.
• Las Vegas was the only airport not to see capacity fall, increasing by only 1%.

Top 10 Airlines by seats added month-on-month.

• American Airlines reduced capacity most in volume terms, taking out almost 1.9m seats.
• Both Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines reduced capacity by 1.3m seats.
• In contrast, Frontier Airlines increased its capacity by 6%, 192k seats.