The pandemic made airlines constantly reevaluate and pivot their strategies, however, as Benjamin Franklin once said, ‘out of adversity comes opportunity’, and that mindset is embraced by Ryanair.
In July 2023, Ryanair have added 28% more seats than on-sale in July 2019 (pre-pandemic), and are also now 90% larger than their closest rival – EasyJet – which they only had a 41% lead on two years earlier.
Elsewhere in the Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) sector, Southwest Airlines have been adding one new aircraft each week to their fleet, by year-end they expect to have taken seventy new aircraft in total – that’s certainly adding capacity!
The Big Five
Four of the world’s top five airlines are located in the US (unsurprisingly), with the disruptor Ryanair in fifth place; something they perhaps do better than most.
This month both American and Delta Air Lines will operate less capacity than in 2019, although with strong demand forecast in one of the peak revenue earning months…
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