Airline fleets vs number of aircraft flying

[Gilles Hudicourt]

The fleet numbers are taken from Planespotters
The number of aircraft in the air is from Flightradar24

May 11th
1600 GMT

Airline/Number in fleet/In the air/percentage of fleet in the air

Air Canada 189/25/13%
British Airways 274/23/8%
Air France 224/13/5%
Westjet 126/4/3%
Lufthansa 300/24/8%
Korean Air Lines 172/27/16%
Japan Airlines 175/8/5%
Emirates 269/31/12%
Qatar Airways 239/57/24%
American Airlines 871/174/20%
Jazz Air 120/9/8%
United Airlines 807/65/8%
Cargolux 28/15/54%

1700 GMT

Ethiopian 123/19//15%
Air China 429/33/8%
China Southern Airlines 619/31/5%
EasyJet 167/0/0%
RyanAir 277/2/1%
El AL 45/13/29%

[Jean-Pierre]

Wouldn't it better to take an average over a period instead of a snapshot at 1600 GMT where different airline will be in different parts of their day?

[rudder]

https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/br ... %20America

Scroll halfway down the page and press play for time lapse of capacity by carrier.

This one is North American based carriers. You can select other regions. It is pretty illustrative of what is going on. However, it is not predictive.

[Gilles Hudicourt]

Duplicate

[Eric Janson]

You also need to differentiate between cargo and passenger flights - a number of carriers are flying their passenger aircraft cargo only.

If you want a really depressing statistic then look at the number of passengers/flight. I saw in the US it now averages 34.

[Gilles Hudicourt]

Wouldn't it better to take an average over a period instead of a snapshot at 1600 GMT where different airline will be in different parts of their day?

If only I knew how

[Gilles Hudicourt]

You also need to differentiate between cargo and passenger flights - a number of carriers are flying their passenger aircraft cargo only.

Very hard to do now that certain airlines are flying passenger aircraft as dedicated cargo aircraft.

[JoeShithe]

https://www.planespotters.net/

This site gives a pretty accurate count of aircraft in service. It’s a little more positive.

They are right on the numbers with my airline.

[DHC-1 Jockey]

If you want a really depressing statistic then look at the number of passengers/flight. I saw in the US it now averages 34.

This article in The Atlantic paints an even worse image in the U.S.:

"The trade group Airlines for America... sent a fact sheet showing that in April 2020 travel bookings were down by 98 percent from last year’s levels and that the average domestic flight had 12.5 passengers on board. Later they reported that the average passenger count had fallen to 10—and this is despite some reports of planes operating with full passenger loads."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... me/611413/

[dhc#]

From FlightGlobal:

North American carriers hunker down through crisis...

https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/n ... 20.article

[Gilles Hudicourt]

June 4th 1630 Zulu
Source : FlightRadar24

Includes feeders

Air Canada 42
British Airways 31
Air France 26
Westjet 6
Korean Air Lines 28
Japan Airlines 10
Emirates 48
Qatar Airways 56
American Airlines 182
United Airlines 77
Cargolux 19
Ethiopian 13
Air China 32
China Southern Airlines 71
RyanAir 3
El AL 13

[Gilles Hudicourt]

June 6th 1315 Zulu
Source : FlightRadar24

Includes feeders

Air Canada 37
British Airways 25
Air France 29
Westjet 4
Korean Air Lines 34
Japan Airlines 18
Emirates 49
Qatar Airways 56
American Airlines 149
United Airlines 45
Cargolux 18
Ethiopian 14
Air China 119
China Southern Airlines 175
RyanAir 3
El AL 9

[Gilles Hudicourt]

June 17th 1820 Zulu
Source : FlightRadar24

Includes feeders

Air Canada 31
British Airways 26
Air France 38
Westjet 8
Korean Air Lines 29
Japan Airlines 8
Emirates 48
Qatar Airways 72
American Airlines 226
United Airlines 92
Cargolux 13
Ethiopian 19
Air China 23
China Southern Airlines 33
RyanAir 0
El AL 4

[Gilles Hudicourt]

June 18th 1300 Zulu
Source : FlightRadar24

Includes feeders

Air Canada 33
British Airways 26
Air France 30
Korean Air Lines 30
Japan Airlines 14
Air China 103
China Southern Airlines 190

[Gilles Hudicourt]

June 27th 1340 Zulu
Source : FlightRadar24

Includes feeders

Air Canada 37
British Airways 25
Air France 78
Westjet 3
Korean Air Lines 28
Japan Airlines 12
Emirates 47
Qatar Airways 59
American Airlines 171
United Airlines 46
Ethiopian 13
Air China 83
China Southern Airlines 189