U.S. airlines grew rapidly in capacity investment last week

        In recent weeks, with the opening of the US domestic market, the total number of seats available for US airlines has increased again. According to statistics from OAG and CAPA, last week, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines provided more than 3 million seats, occupying the top three seats available in global airlines. my country's China Southern Airlines, Eastern Airlines and Air China ranked fourth, fifth and seventh respectively. There are 8 Chinese airlines and 7 American airlines in the top 20.

　　 The first airline in Europe to announce the number of available seats last week was Air France, which ranked 33rd. In addition to Air France, other European airlines in the top 50 include Lufthansa and KLM.

　　U.S. airlines once again rank among the top in the world in the number of available seats on international routes, but if only international seats are counted, the situation of the top airlines will change greatly. American Airlines ranks first, and Qatar Airways has been the world's largest international airline for a few weeks in 2020. It has now fallen to third place, second only to Turkish Airlines.

　　 Due to the limited choice of international travel destinations in the United States, the international capacity of American airlines is mainly concentrated on short- and medium-haul routes to the south, and most airlines’ international capacity is to central America and the Caribbean.

As American airlines increase the frequency of their Western European routes, the impact of long-distance routes is very prominent in the available seat-kilometer data. Previously, the number of available seats in Western Europe was only 8.9%, but the number of seat-kilometers accounted for as much as 22.5%.