Summary
- Globally, Boeing 767 passenger flights are down by 44% this month versus 2019.
- Asia continues to have the most services, mainly due to the domestic Japanese market.
- The top five busiest 767 airports are Tokyo Haneda, New York JFK, Newark, London Heathrow, and Atlanta.
More than 165 airports worldwide are expected to see passenger Boeing 767s in October, whether just once or regularly. All passenger variants have about 13,800 flights this month, down by 44% versus the pre-pandemic October 2019. Various airlines – most notably American – withdrew the type altogether amid the pandemic. Others, like Air Canada and Ethiopian, now only use them as freighters, a role in which they remain popular.
A summary of passenger 767 use: October
Due to Japanese domestic flights, Asia has more services by the aircraft than any other continent or region in October, continuing what it has had for years. It accounts for almost one in two 767 passenger flights.
Source of data: Cirium. Figure: James Pearson | Simple Flying
Asia is also the most impacted area, with the most significant drop in flights versus 2019. This is mainly due to considerable reductions by All Nippon, Japan Airlines, and Asiana. The latter has just one 767-300ER in passenger service. Flightradar24 shows that it is exclusively deployed between Seoul Gimpo and Jeju, the world’s busiest airport pair.
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The trio now has ‘just’ 5,600 services, down from more than 9,100 in 2019. Still, due to cuts by carriers in other places, these three Asian operators have 41 in 100 767 flights globally, up from 37 four years ago.
The world’s busiest 767 airports
Of the 165+ airports, the top five are shown below. To no one’s surprise, Tokyo Haneda – the world’s busiest widebody airport – is first. Thanks to Japan Airlines, All Nippon, and Delta, about one in six 767 passenger flights are from this one airport.
|
Rank |
Airport |
767 flights: Oct* |
Max daily** |
% of widebodies |
Top airline |
767 routes*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Tokyo Haneda |
2,404 |
83 |
24% |
Japan Airlines |
35 |
|
2 |
New York JFK |
1,055 |
38 |
22% |
Delta |
31 |
|
3 |
Newark |
534 |
19 |
25% |
United |
16 |
|
4 |
London Heathrow |
501 |
17 |
6% |
United |
7 |
|
5 |
Atlanta |
434 |
17 |
30% |
Delta |
16 |
|
* Each way |
** Each way |
*** Even if one flight |
Delta’s 767-300ERs will fly to Haneda from Honolulu from October 29th, when airlines in the Northern Hemisphere switch to winter schedules. It will be the first time it has served the route, which has switched from Narita.
Photo: Markus Mainka I Shutterstock
The Japanese domestic market is so vital to Haneda’s position that 30 of the 35 routes are nationwide. While the 767 is Haneda’s leading widebody type, only about a quarter of services are now by it, down by a third in 2019.
Airports with minimal 767 flights
Nine airports have one or two scheduled passenger flights this month. They include Prague, which will welcome Azerbaijan Airlines on October 13th, replacing the usual A319/A320.
They also include Glasgow, set to see Icelandair’s 767-300ERs on the 18th and 24th, replacing the 757. But perhaps the most exotic is Papeete, Tahiti, which gains three weekly Delta flights from Los Angeles beginning on the 31st.
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Sources of information: OAG, Cirium, Google Flights, ch-aviation, Flightradar24
