On premium seats, Emirates Airline is fourth and is much closer in size to the US big three. Emirates is close behind the US big three on premium seat numbers However, United Airlines is ranked first on this measure and American Airlines slips to third. first class and business class) – the US big three remain out in front. Ranking the fleets of the leading full service airlines by the number of premium seats installed i.e. Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation Fleet Database …and by premium seat numbers **Note that Economy includes Economy plus Top 50* full service carriers: number of installed seats on all aircraft by cabin class**, week of 1 Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation Fleet Database American, United and Delta are the largest airlines by total installed seat numbers…īased on the total number of seats installed on their aircraft, the US big three airlines of American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines (in that order) are comfortably bigger than their main global competitors.Įach of the three fleets has more than 170,000 seats, whereas only three others have 100,000 or more.įourth-ranked China Southern Airlines has just under 115,000, Emirates Airline has 109,000, and China Eastern Airlines has 100,000.Īlso in the top 10 are Air China (96,000 seats), Turkish Airlines (71,000), Lufthansa (69,000), and Qatar Airways (56,000). **Note that Economy includes 'Economy plus' (premium economy) Top 50* full service carriers: share of installed seats on all aircraft by cabin class**, week of 1 It accounts for 2.2% of the top 50 FSCs' seats.Įconomy class, with 88.4%, represents the vast majority of their fleets' seats. Premium economy is not counted as a premium cabin (which is first and business), but it is a profitable segment for many airlines. …and business class is 9.2%Īlthough first class cabins are small, premium passengers are an important segment, with business class seats making up 9.2% of the total. It uses data from the CAPA Fleet Database, rather than scheduled seat capacity flown for the week. Note that this is based on analysis of the number of seats installed in the current fleets of the leading 50 FSC airlines ranked by total ASKs in the week of 1.
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