BOE773 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 7594 times:
From Air Transport World.
American 691
Delta 462
Southwest 453
United 404
Skywest 395
Northwest 365
Air France/KLM 363
US Airways 356
Continental 350
FedEx 338
ExpressJet 272
American Eagle 259
UPS Airlines 243
Lufthansa 234
British Air 233
Japan Airlines 198
China Southern 194
Air Canada 192
Interesting that the top thirteen are American, all but one, AF/KLM.
N844AA From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1352 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 7582 times:
Wow, AA is down to 691? What were they at their peak? I seem to recall a figure slightly over 800.
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N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 3, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 7516 times:
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 5, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 7481 times:
Quoting Zkpilot (Reply 4): and people wonder why most of the USA airlines are struggling....
Air New Zealand (NZ) has 96 aircraft.
The US has 300 million people and is potentially a non-stop flight from every major world city except perhaps JNB (and the problem is on the JNB end). New Zealand has just over 4 million people and is too distant from several destinations. Any questions?
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SESGDL From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3385 posts, RR: 11 Reply 6, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 7334 times:
American 691
Delta 462
Southwest 453
United 404
Skywest 395
Northwest 365
Air France/KLM 363
US Airways 356
Continental 350
FedEx 338
ExpressJet 272
American Eagle 259
UPS Airlines 243
Lufthansa 234
British Air 233
Japan Airlines 198
China Southern 194
Air Canada 192
Interesting that the top thirteen are American, all but one, AF/KLM.
ATW seems to be wrong an awful lot. UA has around 450 aircraft, not 404, and FedEx has way more than 338 planes. NW also has more than 365 planes. Where are these bogus numbers coming from?
Zkpilot From New Zealand, joined Mar 2006, 4739 posts, RR: 10 Reply 7, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 7290 times:
Quoting N1120A (Reply 5): The US has 300 million people and is potentially a non-stop flight from every major world city except perhaps JNB (and the problem is on the JNB end). New Zealand has just over 4 million people and is too distant from several destinations. Any questions?
Yes that is true the USA has a much greater population. New Zealand is a large tourist destination however. This means that most of the traffic to/from New Zealand flying on NZ is actually tourists. I don't have exact numbers but one would guestimate that most USA carriers fly with 75% Americans on their aircraft overall.
This is why NZ is relatively large for the size of New Zealand (and not forgetting much of the fleet is turbo props for domestic flights within New Zealand).
BOE773 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 7285 times:
Source: Air Transport World.
I do find that ATW are a bit behind the times with some of their data.
Eg; they still list Air Canada with 12 DC9s and 747-400s, 747-200s and 737-200s in their fleet. These aircraft are loooong gone.
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