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Report Highlights
20 of the top 25 airports witnessed growth in intra-European capacity in June 2010 versus 2009.
18 of the top 25 airlines experienced growth in intra-European capacity in June 2010 versus 2009.
30 of the top 50 intra-European Route Pairs saw an increase in capacity in June 2010 versus 2009.
Star Alliance in the year-to-date has operated more intra-European sectors and had more available seat intra-European capacity than both OneWorld and Skyteam combined.
Only 6 of the top 30 intra-European Route Pairs are international routes. The average sector length of the 6 international routes is only 480 km.
Top 25 Airports by Departing Seat Capacity
June 2010 % of Europe June 2009 June 2008
MAD Madrid 2,277,955 3.1% 2,252,541 2,533,554
FRA Frankfurt 1,958,402 2.6% 1,884,789 1,977,026
LHR London - Heathrow 1,929,375 2.6% 1,851,524 1,921,221
FCO Rome - Fiumicino 1,868,823 2.5% 1,781,673 1,921,491
CDG Paris - Charles De Gaulle 1,828,733 2.5% 1,906,954 2,137,974
MUC Munich 1,826,637 2.5% 1,688,710 1,837,805
AMS Amsterdam 1,662,462 2.2% 1,611,845 1,778,355
BCN Barcelona 1,568,315 2.1% 1,531,769 1,820,618
LGW London - Gatwick 1,482,937 2.0% 1,457,530 1,285,237
PMI Palma Mallorca 1,315,867 1.8% 1,259,287 1,248,285
IST Istanbul - Ataturk 1,218,443 1.6% 1,293,501 1,186,975
CPH Copenhagen 1,212,026 1.6% 1,061,375 1,288,043
OSL Oslo 1,211,015 1.6% 1,031,850 1,292,172
VIE Vienna 1,108,972 1.5% 990,958 1,112,606
DUS Dusseldorf 1,097,955 1.5% 960,591 1,034,600
STN London - Stansted 1,058,964 1.4% 1,117,585 1,277,719
ORY Paris - Orly 1,040,324 1.4% 1,001,725 1,151,592
ZRH Zurich 993,212 1.3% 951,369 1,069,331
DUB Dublin 988,531 1.3% 1,049,692 1,200,163
TXL Berlin - Tegel 918,972 1.2% 832,545 854,494
ARN Stockholm - Arlanda 912,254 1.2% 827,462 1,029,032
ATH Athens 902,357 1.2% 1,022,545 991,506
MXP Milan - Malpensa 879,456 1.2% 819,474 815,264
MAN Manchester 869,280 1.2% 848,369 754,828
BRU Brussels 826,172 1.1% 819,129 986,200
Top 25 Airlines by Departing Seat Capacity
June 2010 % of Europe June 2009 June 2008
FR Ryanair 7,700,238 10.3% 6,755,616 6,094,116
LH Lufthansa 5,941,896 8.0% 5,601,742 5,712,481
U2 easyJet 4,642,590 6.2% 4,269,652 4,217,210
AF Air France 3,919,745 5.3% 4,170,527 4,729,235
AB airberlin 3,618,668 4.9% 2,944,723 2,948,246
SK SAS 2,916,348 3.9% 2,764,096 3,642,760
TK Turkish Airlines 2,559,805 3.4% 2,401,851 2,136,583
BA British Airways 2,456,473 3.3% 2,527,960 2,687,880
IB Iberia 2,397,283 3.2% 2,620,749 3,103,723
AZ Alitalia 2,219,132 3.0% 1,852,157 2,183,390
DY Norwegian 1,692,516 2.3% 1,256,051 1,091,004
KL KLM 1,584,930 2.1% 1,639,309 1,745,554
VY Vueling Airlines 1,281,672 1.7% 560,210 767,194
BE FlyBE 1,229,306 1.7% 1,087,376 1,164,006
LX SWISS 1,222,072 1.6% 1,187,634 1,269,366
OS Austrian 1,179,078 1.6% 995,612 1,164,062
EI Aer Lingus 1,134,356 1.5% 1,159,722 1,084,888
W6 Wizzair 994,860 1.3% 708,840 608,400
4U Germanwings 988,776 1.3% 762,012 867,456
TP TAP-Portugal 936,448 1.3% 839,128 1,000,140
TOM Thomsonfly 927,066 1.2% 1,077,946 433,794
JK Spanair 866,287 1.2% 962,658 1,290,216
MT Thomas Cook Airlines 848,772 1.1% 703,762 3,828
IG Meridiana 802,240 1.1% 743,010 573,056
UX Air Europa Lineas Aereas 799,312 1.1% 764,911 933,660
2010 Intra European Capacity Report, Current Month - June
Intra-European Market Analysis by Country
Seats Sectors Seats Sectors Seats Sectors Seats Sectors
United Kingdom 7,467,412 49,401 7,467,809 49,538 37,698,920 255,114 37,732,289 259,061
Germany 6,712,445 51,193 6,096,009 50,126 34,488,678 272,011 32,635,263 270,293
Spain and Canary Islands 5,641,397 34,544 5,223,448 32,959 27,168,403 169,951 25,179,035 162,021
Italy 4,020,083 28,147 3,649,682 26,430 21,047,817 149,581 19,246,640 140,937
France 3,324,277 28,538 3,237,687 27,310 17,868,027 155,597 18,223,726 155,948
Netherlands 1,872,270 14,544 1,762,408 14,171 10,236,093 80,597 9,938,682 80,290
Switzerland 1,726,246 14,471 1,639,980 13,872 10,213,006 84,950 9,856,710 82,464
Turkey 1,606,235 9,562 1,356,125 8,031 7,245,939 44,627 6,114,817 36,685
Greece 1,354,256 8,217 1,206,037 7,801 4,846,595 30,872 4,721,888 31,064
Austria 1,242,713 10,903 1,118,003 10,677 6,847,753 62,188 6,233,632 60,179
Ireland 1,208,399 7,637 1,305,239 7,902 6,737,537 42,091 7,649,435 46,583
Denmark 1,194,633 10,029 1,048,874 9,316 6,394,348 55,094 5,669,126 51,679
Portugal 1,160,833 7,954 1,020,054 7,055 5,808,113 40,619 5,459,094 38,613
Belgium 1,138,233 9,125 1,058,635 8,958 6,176,965 50,006 5,818,079 49,708
Sweden 1,066,645 8,491 953,974 7,688 5,752,341 46,207 5,297,313 43,831
Norway 1,031,946 7,616 854,243 6,920 5,406,340 41,251 4,403,744 37,696
Poland 947,642 7,712 797,816 6,982 5,112,326 42,643 4,624,965 40,551
Finland 614,213 5,061 546,274 4,629 3,283,083 27,989 3,050,400 26,323
Czech Republic 573,597 5,299 563,308 5,396 3,034,460 28,875 3,062,061 30,007
Romania 552,203 4,520 492,471 4,203 2,985,480 24,903 2,800,882 23,954
Cyprus 488,508 2,844 479,297 2,710 2,420,046 14,580 2,215,597 12,855
Hungary 456,584 4,224 453,753 4,150 2,489,503 23,495 2,499,028 23,053
Latvia 305,732 2,818 241,304 2,228 1,577,520 14,291 1,311,624 11,941
Ukraine 296,403 2,636 269,936 2,265 1,503,517 13,236 1,470,557 12,344
Croatia 296,253 2,368 258,056 2,132 1,150,366 9,766 1,069,048 9,116
Domestic Market Analysis by Country
Seats Sectors Seats Sectors Seats Sectors Seats Sectors
Spain and Canary Islands 4,563,345 37,396 4,666,565 38,872 21,581,825 175,196 22,856,084 189,322
Italy 4,255,921 27,736 4,053,748 26,792 19,664,730 130,379 18,096,817 120,759
Germany 3,212,238 24,843 3,093,192 25,300 15,947,320 121,205 15,466,142 123,029
United Kingdom 3,062,040 35,096 3,052,727 35,025 14,432,777 164,906 14,754,361 169,112
France 2,553,785 24,663 2,515,680 24,297 12,082,795 118,885 12,364,192 121,392
Norway 2,139,246 24,194 1,906,903 24,640 10,427,944 121,534 9,521,545 124,057
Turkey 1,923,719 12,793 2,072,309 12,505 8,995,009 58,632 9,535,457 57,520
Greece 993,189 9,657 1,065,249 10,877 4,736,879 45,997 4,471,413 45,872
Sweden 896,744 11,742 848,450 11,400 4,176,850 55,501 4,084,499 55,075
Portugal 457,106 4,271 441,587 4,389 2,088,537 19,923 2,060,988 19,234
Finland 403,609 5,155 372,925 5,009 2,192,930 26,390 2,288,730 27,874
Denmark 293,189 3,600 215,419 2,677 1,439,428 16,418 1,087,328 13,575
Romania 195,829 2,065 106,979 1,687 650,078 8,160 519,645 7,936
Ukraine 165,409 2,044 183,356 2,038 698,956 8,974 923,782 9,863
Poland 124,892 2,091 118,149 2,163 579,206 10,109 574,131 10,567
Ireland 111,375 1,031 149,673 1,223 611,451 5,473 739,459 6,002
Austria 111,016 1,678 106,409 1,587 545,791 7,909 540,716 8,020
Switzerland 92,134 994 95,139 1,009 464,646 4,888 477,843 4,928
Croatia 79,132 790 101,568 763 337,248 3,155 460,496 3,509
Czech Republic 15,348 418 20,486 492 76,297 1,934 107,251 2,578
Cyprus 11,911 76 17,420 105 50,679 324 55,274 322
Netherlands 1,820 13 1,940 13 4,820 34 2,920 20
Belgium 0 0 336 2 7,621 43 6,276 42
2010 Intra European Capacity Report, Current Month - June
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Growth Airline Seats Sectors Aircraft Size Seats Sectors Aircraft Size
Ryanair 41,186,124 217,916 189 36,258,327 191,843 189
easyJet 24,241,592 157,975 153 22,502,582 144,516 156
airberlin 18,014,142 110,616 163 14,991,941 91,213 164
Norwegian 8,797,167 54,384 162 6,610,402 43,627 152
Vueling Airlines 6,806,520 40,515 168 3,019,094 19,994 151
FlyBE 6,397,767 85,309 75 5,946,366 77,594 77
Aer Lingus 6,357,111 37,053 172 6,367,758 34,887 183
Wizzair 5,168,688 29,316 176 3,980,160 22,112 180
Germanwings 4,861,978 32,472 150 3,947,032 28,293 140
Pegasus 2,821,798 19,878 142 0 0 0
Star Alliance 2010 YTD 2009 YTD
Growth Airline Seats Sectors Aircraft Size Seats Sectors Aircraft Size
Lufthansa 33,052,057 284,723 116 31,868,810 290,966 110
SAS 16,352,563 129,551 126 15,472,581 137,211 113
Turkish Airlines 14,215,372 91,653 155 12,929,072 78,321 165
SWISS 7,274,752 62,652 116 6,870,993 58,990 116
Austrian 6,009,405 64,033 94 5,302,907 62,896 84
TAP-Portugal 5,243,818 43,267 121 5,413,340 44,825 121
Spanair 4,753,457 30,718 155 5,076,771 34,377 148
Brussels Airlines 3,742,350 36,198 103 0 0 0
LOT - Polish Airlines 2,678,982 37,420 72 2,326,675 35,914 65
bmi 2,452,394 25,880 95 3,169,613 33,923 93
OneWorld 2010 YTD 2009 YTD
Growth Airline Seats Sectors Aircraft Size Seats Sectors Aircraft Size
British Airways 13,967,201 98,624 142 14,807,805 104,155 142
Iberia 13,851,901 130,187 106 16,175,075 149,191 108
Finnair 4,384,920 37,575 117 4,535,884 39,201 116
Malev Hungarian Airlines 2,101,423 23,818 88 2,123,817 24,065 88
Skyteam 2010 YTD 2009 YTD
Growth Airline Seats Sectors Aircraft Size Seats Sectors Aircraft Size
Air France 22,500,035 223,525 101 24,246,398 236,440 103
Alitalia 11,517,673 78,150 147 9,956,360 68,906 144
KLM 9,075,360 78,194 116 9,462,220 82,338 115
Air Europa Lineas Aereas 4,236,894 25,677 165 5,032,097 28,090 179
CSA 2,698,370 32,010 84 2,686,895 34,600 78
Other 2010 YTD 2009 YTD
Growth Airline Seats Sectors Aircraft Size Seats Sectors Aircraft Size
Aegean Airlines 4,679,682 30,446 154 4,586,523 29,649 155
Meridiana 4,189,513 27,690 151 3,527,905 25,421 139
Olympic Airlines 3,820,500 36,955 103 4,144,662 44,359 93
Wideroe 3,413,547 79,658 43 3,555,613 80,252 44
Air One 2,922,648 22,213 132 5,771,929 39,153 147
Thomas Cook Airlines 2,659,945 12,171 219 2,132,481 9,685 220
Air Baltic 2,624,780 26,236 100 1,878,013 19,376 97
Monarch Airlines 2,117,595 9,916 214 2,229,863 10,397 214
Condor Flugdienst 1,998,610 9,219 217 1,923,412 9,180 210
Binter Canarias 1,932,408 26,839 72 1,901,648 27,301 70
2010 Intra European Capacity Report, Current Month - June
Top 50 Intra European Route-Pairs
Ave AC Ave AC Ave AC Ave AC
Seats Sectors Size Seats Sectors Size Seats Sectors Size Seats Sectors Size
Madrid to Barcelona 424,366 2,755 154.0 2,677,251 17,447 153 425,668 2,804 151.8 2,860,807 19,022 150
Rome - Fiumicino to Catania 258,456 1,361 189.9 1,395,330 7,765 180 247,386 1,420 174.2 1,337,371 7,483 179
Paris - Orly to Toulouse 255,846 1,750 146.2 1,506,694 10,131 149 254,598 1,739 146.4 1,522,784 10,368 147
Rome - Fiumicino to Palermo 234,470 1,344 174.5 1,224,130 7,260 169 231,149 1,440 160.5 1,241,877 7,591 164
Paris - Orly to Nice 222,278 1,460 152.2 1,245,815 8,224 151 218,913 1,446 151.4 1,236,298 8,196 151
Rome - Fiumicino to Milan - Linate 218,658 1,396 156.6 1,506,024 9,602 157 286,143 1,861 153.8 2,000,874 12,629 158
Frankfurt to Berlin - Tegel 209,108 1,142 183.1 1,200,565 6,515 184 192,182 925 207.8 1,114,672 5,416 206
Munich to Hamburg 201,868 1,195 168.9 1,128,892 6,678 169 177,184 1,088 162.9 1,145,382 6,890 166
Madrid to Palma Mallorca 199,547 1,174 170.0 1,142,903 6,759 169 222,468 1,253 177.5 1,243,971 7,108 175
Munich to Dusseldorf 198,898 1,241 160.3 1,150,101 6,994 164 186,170 1,192 156.2 1,134,275 7,060 161
Munich to Berlin - Tegel 198,502 1,191 166.7 1,128,757 6,644 170 172,668 1,095 157.7 1,088,590 6,749 161
Istanbul - Ataturk to Izmir 196,740 1,230 160.0 1,201,190 7,323 164 233,100 1,362 171.1 1,268,231 7,422 171
Oslo to Bergen 192,977 1,416 136.3 1,154,487 8,336 138 176,900 1,425 124.1 990,428 8,376 118
Frankfurt to Hamburg 189,500 1,070 177.1 1,111,831 6,302 176 149,380 731 204.4 875,038 4,267 205
Oslo to Trondheim 184,609 1,198 154.1 1,118,704 7,244 154 157,433 1,246 126.4 949,916 7,518 126
Barcelona to Palma Mallorca 181,928 1,176 154.7 1,050,170 6,764 155 183,111 1,141 160.5 1,090,339 6,735 162
London - Heathrow to Dublin 169,884 950 178.8 1,087,926 6,191 176 178,323 976 182.7 1,141,182 6,394 178
Munich to Cologne 168,032 1,152 145.9 923,492 6,328 146 150,394 1,076 139.8 918,029 6,419 143
London - Heathrow to Edinburgh 164,772 1,048 157.2 864,911 5,734 151 143,822 996 144.4 880,537 6,067 145
London - Heathrow to Paris - Charles De Gaulle 161,152 1,004 160.5 923,848 5,974 155 148,884 943 157.9 949,783 6,110 155
Rome - Fiumicino to Turin 156,142 880 177.4 840,205 5,158 163 127,772 960 133.1 825,752 5,700 145
Oslo to Stavanger 159,540 1,092 146.1 973,343 6,546 149 148,259 1,121 132.3 854,489 6,698 128
Madrid to Las Palmas 158,423 848 186.8 976,157 5,364 182 152,996 827 185.0 924,142 5,089 182
Istanbul - Ataturk to Ankara 154,148 934 165.0 1,013,236 6,065 167 175,151 1,014 172.7 1,049,280 6,105 172
Copenhagen to Oslo 153,276 916 167.3 836,800 5,296 158 127,829 886 144.3 747,464 5,660 132
Frankfurt to London - Heathrow 153,016 934 163.8 900,682 5,618 160 157,124 966 162.7 919,866 5,679 162
London - Heathrow to Amsterdam 149,294 1,010 147.8 940,734 6,496 145 155,166 1,094 141.8 1,062,432 7,636 139
Copenhagen to Stockholm - Arlanda 147,146 872 168.7 847,000 5,011 169 134,888 837 161.2 721,924 5,020 144
Berlin - Tegel to Cologne 146,766 914 160.6 805,117 5,153 156 152,546 1,004 151.9 869,474 5,864 148
Athens to Thessaloniki 144,680 980 147.6 1,068,587 7,563 141 183,732 1,310 140.3 1,123,038 7,561 149
Madrid to Lisbon 143,354 1,077 133.1 859,407 6,395 134 126,676 846 149.7 793,232 5,352 148
Madrid to Rome - Fiumicino 142,436 832 171.2 794,827 4,671 170 110,132 682 161.5 694,799 4,199 165
Oslo to Stockholm - Arlanda 135,040 852 158.5 758,279 4,975 152 116,712 854 136.7 686,732 5,158 133
Palma Mallorca to Dusseldorf 134,547 577 233.2 447,144 2,097 213 100,576 516 194.9 396,145 1,987 199
Dusseldorf to Berlin - Tegel 133,958 952 140.7 742,956 5,170 144 121,405 864 140.5 716,046 5,065 141
Rome - Fiumicino to Paris - Charles De Gaulle 130,638 744 175.6 815,456 4,568 179 170,664 1,001 170.5 1,048,732 6,116 171
Madrid to Valencia 132,780 1,135 117.0 783,965 6,477 121 148,051 1,193 124.1 876,415 7,377 119
Frankfurt to Paris - Charles De Gaulle 130,182 992 131.2 741,501 5,708 130 133,940 1,044 128.3 781,832 6,106 128
Istanbul - Ataturk to Antalya 130,124 776 167.7 787,173 4,619 170 157,655 888 177.5 870,736 4,951 176
Madrid to London - Heathrow 130,062 772 168.5 781,233 4,666 167 136,008 768 177.1 821,184 4,622 178
Madrid to Tenerife North 128,816 642 200.6 788,687 4,112 192 138,718 748 185.5 810,403 4,332 187
Copenhagen to Aalborg 128,448 1,217 105.5 760,440 6,592 115 113,370 1,003 113.0 602,876 5,262 115
London - Heathrow to Glasgow 127,762 888 143.9 725,288 5,077 143 130,148 909 143.2 760,660 5,324 143
Madrid to Bilbao 127,392 860 148.1 729,734 4,954 147 132,236 854 154.8 753,784 4,816 157
Frankfurt to Vienna 126,959 886 143.3 737,850 5,441 136 110,827 826 134.2 644,814 4,837 133
Madrid to Paris - Orly 122,508 766 159.9 718,070 4,514 159 120,564 798 151.1 775,508 4,780 162
Frankfurt to Munich 121,824 698 174.5 717,302 4,089 175 136,480 696 196.1 813,299 4,065 200
Stockholm - Arlanda to Helsinki 121,491 985 123.3 651,237 5,361 121 95,532 821 116.4 594,220 5,025 118
Paris - Orly to Marseille 120,744 944 127.9 682,777 5,254 130 117,307 882 133.0 712,953 5,322 134
London - Heathrow to Rome - Fiumicino 120,288 660 182.3 664,649 3,784 176 110,136 646 170.5 666,743 3,840 174
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