Global airline capacity up 4% in Dec-2009: OAG

OAG reports the world's airlines increased seat capacity by 4% year-on-year and frequencies by 1% in Dec-2009. The low cost sector reported a 10% increase in both seat capacity and frequency, accounting for 444,539 flights (18%) and 65.6 million seats (22%). Details include:

• Within Asia: scheduled services +7%, capacity 9%;
• To/from Asia: +4%, +4%;
• Within Middle East: +19%, +23%;
• To/from Middle East: +10%, +10%;
• Within Europe: -2%, +1%;
• To/from Europe: +4%, +3%;
• Within North America: -2%, -3%;
• To/from North America: +1%, n/a;
• Within Latin America: +4%, +12%;
• To/from Latin America: +5%, +5%;
• Within Africa: +6%, +8%;
• To/from Africa: +16%, +16%. [more]