December flight figures

OAG has published flight and passenger seat numbers for December, the figures including all scheduled airlines, whether members of IATA or not.  The OAG database indicates that the world’s airlines will operate 1% more flights in December 2009 as compared to December 2008 and offer 4% more seats.  The number of flights and seat capacity within the Middle East is expected to rise by 19% and 23% respectively.  North America continues to show a decline with 2% drop compared to December 2008 and seats down 3%.  Europe flight operations has reduced by 2% but there is a marginal increase of 1% in the offered seats. www.oag.com

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