How did we arrive at the data?
I took publicly available seat counts and other published data showing available data and came up with these estimates. I do not guarantee 100% accuracy, but I think we are fairly close to the true numbers. OAG, Various “Source†websites, airline sites etc.
Assumptions:
AeroMexico – 62 flights with 99 seats
Air Canada - 125 flights with 73 seats, 31 flights with 75 seats
Avianca - 13 flights with 96 seats, three flights with 120 seats, two flights with 150 seats
British Airways - 17 flights with 337 seats, 14 flights with 275 seats
Emirates - 26 flights with 354 seats, five flights with 266 seats
Etihad - 31 flights with 239 seats
Interjet - 54 flights with 150 seats
Japan Airlines - 31 flights with 161 seats
Korean - 21 flights with 248 seats, one flight with 291 seats
Lufthansa - 31 flights with 216 seats
Qantas - 27 flights with 484 seats inbound and 355 seats outbound (lower outbound estimate for blocked seats)
Qatar - 29 flights with 358 seats, two flights with 255 seats
Volaris – 13 flights with 179 seats
WestJet - 16 flights with 113 seats, eight flights with 130 seats, one flight with 168 seats
