OAG confirms numbers down

OAG’s monthly analysis of airline seats, as opposed to actual passengers flown, says that carriers worldwide will offer 1% less in July than in the same month of 2008.  The reduction in actual flights is 3% the figures indicating that the airlines are matching capacity and services.  What they don’t tell is the actual carryings, these available for IATA members late next month.  Once again, the biggest contributor to the decline in frequency and capacity is North America, around 7% for both.  However it is by far the largest market.  Traffic within Europe continues the downward trend, frequency and capacity in this region, down 6% and 4% respectively.  To and from Europe capacity is slightly up.  The numbers are small by comparison but the Middle East region again exhibits impressive growth.  The number of flight activity and seat capacity within the Middle East is scheduled to rise by 16% and 17% respectively. www.oag.com

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