OAG Showing Marked Growth: 111,000 More Scheduled Flights than Last June

OAG Showing Marked Growth: 111,000 More Scheduled Flights than Last June

June 13, 2007

    BEIJING, June 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- OAG Worldwide
Ltd, the global flight information and data solutions
company for passenger aviation, air cargo logistics and
business travel markets, today announced that they are
showing strong growth over last June, with more flights
especially in the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific
region.

    -- The latest schedules analysis from OAG reveals that
the 
       world's airlines will operate 2.49m flights in June
2007,
       offering a total of 295m seats. Compared to the same

       period last year, this month there will be an
additional 
       111,000 scheduled flights and an extra 17.2m seats,

       representing a growth of 5% and 6% respectively.

    -- Traffic to and from the Middle East and Africa
continues to 
       grow. This month there will be a total of 34,400
flights 
       to and from the Middle East and 28,200 flights to
and from 
       Africa, representing an increase of 8% and 12% 
       respectively. 

    -- A similar pattern is shown in the European market
with 
       airlines scheduling 8% and 6% more international and

       domestic flights respectively compared to June 2006.

       Total operations within Europe will now reach
613,000 
       flights with international traffic to and from this
region 
       exceeding 95,000 flights.

    -- The Asia-Pacific market is also experiencing strong

       growth.  This month airlines have scheduled 49,800 
       flights to and from this region. Within Asia-Pacific
there 
       will be 501,000 domestic flights, an increase of 7%

       compared to June of last year.

    -- Central and South America shows a more modest growth

       compared to the other regions. In June 2007 there
will 
       be an additional 2,000 international flights, an
increase 
       of 4% compared to the same month last year.

    -- Traffic to/from and within the North American market
is 
       showing a growth of 5% and 3% respectively compared
to 
       the same period in 2006. This month there will be
942,700 
       flights within North America with a further 92,500 
       international operations.

    -- Low Cost Market Worldwide: In June 2007 there will
be an 
       additional 71,000 low cost flights and 12.1m seats
compared 
       to June last year. This represents a significant
increase 
       of 22% in the number of flights operated by low cost
carriers 
       and 27% in the overall available seat capacity.

    The table below shows a seven-year trend in the overall
number of flights (network and low cost) to/from and within
selected regions from June 2001 through to June 2007. 

    Key Regions       Jun-04     Jun-05     Jun-06   
Jun-07     Growth
                                                           
   07 vs 06
    Worldwide
     Flights        2,242,839  2,356,734  2,387,093 
2,498,055      5%
    To/From
     Africa            20,452     22,835     25,251    
28,225     12%
    Within Africa      46,183     50,830     48,299    
51,181      6%
    To/From
     Asia/Pacific      39,760     41,832     46,721    
49,802      7%
    Within
     Asia/Pacific     397,516    432,762    469,968   
501,006      7%
    To/From Central
     & SouthAmerica    52,791     55,353     56,677    
58,742      4%
    Within Central
     & SouthAmerica   166,710    166,967    175,242   
175,586      0%
    To/From Europe     75,720     81,141     88,388    
95,256      8%
    Within Europe     530,234    562,354    578,658   
612,976      6%
    To/From Middle
     East              25,106     27,624     32,010    
34,446      8%
    Within Middle
     East              26,179     27,320     31,627    
35,071     11%
    To/From North
     America           80,185     84,717     87,803    
92,527      5%
    Within North
     America          929,010    959,750    914,874   
942,736      3%

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     Ms. Tiffany Fu
     OAG Worldwide Ltd
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