With Routes Americas fast approaching we take a closer look at the air transport landscape in North America. Looking at schedule data for the past two years shows that seat capacity on flights within and from North America increased 0.1 per cent in 2013, versus 2012. In the tables below we highlight the largest airlines and airports in the North American market by seat capacity in 2013 and compare these with the previous year.
The data is all supplied by OAG Aviation using its OAG Schedules Analyser tool.
Rank |
Operating Airline |
Available Seats |
% Share |
% Change v 2012 |
1 |
Delta Air Lines (DL) |
190,699,492 |
18.7 % |
1.3 % |
2 |
Southwest Airlines (WN) |
161,033,116 |
15.8 % |
2.5 % |
3 |
United Airlines (UA) |
156,657,099 |
15.4 % |
7.9 % |
4 |
American Airlines (AA) |
123,926,569 |
12.2 % |
2.2 % |
5 |
US Airways (US) |
104,806,379 |
10.3 % |
0.8 % |
6 |
Air Canada (AC) |
42,384,552 |
4.2 % |
0.3 % |
7 |
Alaska Airlines (AS) |
34,057,750 |
3.3 % |
5.7 % |
8 |
JetBlue Airways (B6) |
32,206,378 |
3.2 % |
4.8 % |
9 |
WestJet Airlines (WS) |
22,265,075 |
2.2 % |
5.1 % |
10 |
AirTran Airways (FL) |
21,719,982 |
2.1 % |
2.6 % |
11 |
Spirit Airlines (NK) |
13,566,938 |
1.3 % |
17.3 % |
12 |
Frontier Airlines (F9) |
11,841,442 |
1.2 % |
(-1.9) % |
13 |
Hawaiian Airlines (HA) |
11,144,172 |
1.1 % |
1.7 % |
14 |
Virgin America (VX) |
8,213,801 |
0.8 % |
3.2 % |
15 |
Allegiant Air (G4) |
7,870,545 |
0.8 % |
9.4 % |
TOTAL |
1,019,958,642 |
- |
0.1 % |
Rank |
Airport |
Available Seats |
% Share |
% Change v 2012 |
1 |
Atlanta (ATL) |
55,907,713 |
5.5 % |
0.5 % |
2 |
Chicago (ORD) |
40,740,642 |
4.0 % |
0.3 % |
3 |
Los Angeles (LAX) |
40,139,523 |
3.9 % |
3.3 % |
4 |
Dallas (DFW) |
37,389,331 |
3.7 % |
5.4 % |
5 |
New York (JFK) |
31,171,984 |
3.1 % |
1.2 % |
6 |
Denver (DEN) |
30,598,268 |
3.0 % |
(-3.0) % |
7 |
San Francisco (SFO) |
26,403,609 |
2.6 % |
0.8 % |
8 |
Charlotte (CLT) |
26,383,000 |
2.6 % |
4.2 % |
9 |
Las Vegas (LAS) |
24,704,925 |
2.4 % |
1.1 % |
10 |
Phoenix (PHX) |
24,692,229 |
2.4 % |
(-0.7) % |
11 |
Houston (IAH) |
23,640,871 |
2.3 % |
(-2.6) % |
12 |
Miami (MIA) |
23,460,419 |
2.3 % |
2.6 % |
13 |
Toronto (YYZ) |
22,236,068 |
2.2 % |
2.3 % |
14 |
Newark (EWR) |
22,094,310 |
2.2 % |
(-1.2) % |
15 |
Minneapolis St Paul (MSP) |
20,537,104 |
2.0 % |
4.1 % |
TOTAL |
1,019,958,642 |
- |
0.1 % |