Thailand’s regional ranking for airline seats surged from third to second place this month, even as the country’s largest low-cost carrier Thai AirAsia continued to slash flights, according to OAG, an aviation intelligence and analytics company.
Amid the prolonged Middle East war, Southeast Asia’s flight capacity in September increased by 2% year-on-year to 48 million seats.
Thailand regained its No.2 slot for capacity with 6.61 million seats this month, down by 0.2% year-on-year, while Vietnam reported a 9.2% increase to 6.35 million seats.
In August, Thailand registered 7.19 million seats, dropping to third, as Vietnam posted 7.27 million seats.
Regionally, international flights accounted for 55% of total seats or 26.5 million, up by 0.7%.