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The week's tally

AirbusvsBoeing:
who flies you out of Manila?

Every departure that actually left NAIA in the past week, tallied by the company that built the plane. The tally refreshes once a day.

Airbus85%2,041 departuresWinner
Boeing15%354 departures

2,395 departures counted7 Jul to 14 Jul

Pick a departure at random and you get an Airbus about six times out of seven.

What you'll actually board

The models each side flies out of Manila most often.

Airbus

85% of departures
  • A320-200730
  • A321-200NX385
  • A321-200345
  • A320-200N232
  • A330-900132
  • A330-300108
  • A350-90043

Boeing

15% of departures
  • 777-300(ER)140
  • 737-80072
  • 737 MAX 841
  • 787-935
  • 787-821
  • 777-30019
  • 787-1015

Who flies what

Of the twenty busiest airlines this week, five flew Airbus alone and seven flew Boeing alone. The other eight flew a mix.

  1. Cebu Pacific tail livery
    Cebu Pacific921 departures

    All Airbus

  2. Philippine Airlines tail livery
    Philippine Airlines692 departures

    93% Airbus 7% Boeing

  3. Philippines AirAsia tail livery
    Philippines AirAsia247 departures

    All Airbus

  4. Cathay Pacific tail livery
    Cathay Pacific42 departures

    50% Airbus 50% Boeing

  5. Xiamen Air tail livery
    Xiamen Air38 departures

    All Boeing

  6. Singapore Airlines tail livery
    Singapore Airlines35 departures

    60% Airbus 40% Boeing

  7. Korean Air tail livery
    Korean Air29 departures

    72% Airbus 28% Boeing

  8. China Southern Airlines tail livery
    China Southern Airlines26 departures

    4% Airbus 96% Boeing

  9. Emirates tail livery
    Emirates25 departures

    All Boeing

  10. United Airlines tail livery
    United Airlines23 departures

    All Boeing

  11. Malaysia Airlines tail livery
    Malaysia Airlines18 departures

    All Boeing

  12. Qatar Airways tail livery
    Qatar Airways18 departures

    All Boeing

  13. EVA Air tail livery
    EVA Air16 departures

    50% Airbus 50% Boeing

  14. Thai Airways tail livery
    Thai Airways14 departures

    All Airbus

  15. Etihad Airways tail livery
    Etihad Airways14 departures

    50% Airbus 50% Boeing

  16. Asiana Airlines tail livery
    Asiana Airlines14 departures

    57% Airbus 43% Boeing

  17. All Nippon Airways tail livery
    All Nippon Airways14 departures

    All Boeing

  18. Japan Airlines tail livery
    Japan Airlines14 departures

    All Boeing

  19. HK express tail livery
    HK express12 departures

    All Airbus

  20. Vietnam Airlines tail livery
    Vietnam Airlines12 departures

    All Airbus

How the count works

Only departures out of Manila count, and only when they actually flew: a flight needs a real departure time, so cancelled and still-scheduled flights stay out. Arrivals are left out, the same way the site's other traffic counts work.

Cargo runs are excluded, and a flight only counts when the exact airframe that operated it is known. That rule drops most of the small turboprops, so ATRs and Dash 8s show up less here than they do on the apron.

Aircraft types fold into their canonical model first, so an A320-214 and an A320-232 both land in the A320-200 column. The window covers the past seven days and the numbers refresh about once a day.

ByMikko Gozalo, the person behind Better NAIA. He is a data scientist by day and loves tinkering with websites at night.

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