Photos: Emirates leads global airlines with most capacity to generate revenue per flight

Emirates has topped a list of global airlines measured by available seat kilometres (ASKs) per flight, travel data firm OAG says. ASK measures an airline’s flight passenger carrying capacity. It is the total number of available seats multiplied by the number of kilometres travelled. It’s a key measure of an airline’s capacity to generate revenue per flight. Here are the top 10 global airlines measured by ASKs per flight:

Emirates | 2,044,142 (ASKs per flight in Q2 2023) | +0.9% (percentage change compared to Q2 2019 levels)

Qatar Airways | 1,282,683 | +1.4%

Singapore Airlines | 1,214,895 | -11.9%

Cathay Pacific | 1,158,350 | -19.3%

British Airways | 576,114 | +11.5%

Air France | 531,370 | +4.2%

Turkish Airlines | 433,206 | +14.2%

Air Canada - 421,564 | +30.1%

Lufthansa | 367,811 | -3.3%

Aeroflot | 350,917 | -10.2%