Indonesia maintained its position as Southeast Asia’s largest aviation market in August, with around 11 million available seats, up 4.3% year-on-year.
OAG reported that Southeast Asia’s total airline capacity reached around 51 million seats in the month, up 0.8% from the same period last year.
Thailand came in third with 7.2 million, followed by Malaysia with 5.4 million and the Philippines with 4.8 million.
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This photograph taken on July 25, 2016 shows a passenger at the departure terminal of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport. Photo by AFP |
Indonesia also remained the region’s largest domestic aviation market, with 8.8 million seats available, up 5.4% year-on-year, underscoring strong domestic travel demand.
While Indonesia’s scheduled capacity rose 4.3%, Vietnam recorded faster growth of 10%. Capacity in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines declined 1.7%, 6.5% and 5.7%, respectively.
At the airline level, Indonesia’s Lion Air is scheduled to supply around 2.33 million seats, ranking third in Southeast Asia after Vietnam Airlines and Malaysia’s AirAsia, although its capacity fell 11.1% year-on-year. Indonesia’s Batik Air was among the carriers driving growth in the region’s full-service airline segment.
International routes from Southeast Asia to Europe and North America continued to grow strongly, with capacity rising 10.8% and 9%, respectively, while capacity to the Middle East fell 4.6%.
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