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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%2,025 departuresWinner
Boeing15%353 departures

2,378 departures counted8 Aug to 15 Aug

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
  • A320-200665
  • A321-200368
  • A321-200NX349
  • A320-200N278
  • A330-300134
  • A330-900115
  • A321-200N43

Boeing

15% of departures
  • 777-300(ER)140
  • 737-80082
  • 737 MAX 843
  • 787-937
  • 787-827
  • 777-3009
  • 777-200(ER)8

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 Pacific862 departures

    All Airbus

  2. Philippine Airlines tail livery
    Philippine Airlines710 departures

    95% Airbus 5% Boeing

  3. Philippines AirAsia tail livery
    Philippines AirAsia241 departures

    All Airbus

  4. Cathay Pacific tail livery
    Cathay Pacific42 departures

    64% Airbus 36% 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 Air28 departures

    96% Airbus 4% Boeing

  8. Emirates tail livery
    Emirates28 departures

    All Boeing

  9. Malaysia Airlines tail livery
    Malaysia Airlines26 departures

    All Boeing

  10. China Southern Airlines tail livery
    China Southern Airlines25 departures

    All Boeing

  11. United Airlines tail livery
    United Airlines24 departures

    All Boeing

  12. EVA Air tail livery
    EVA Air22 departures

    68% Airbus 32% Boeing

  13. Qatar Airways tail livery
    Qatar Airways18 departures

    All Boeing

  14. China Airlines tail livery
    China Airlines15 departures

    93% Airbus 7% Boeing

  15. Jetstar Japan tail livery
    Jetstar Japan14 departures

    All Airbus

  16. Vietnam Airlines tail livery
    Vietnam Airlines14 departures

    All Airbus

  17. Thai Airways tail livery
    Thai Airways14 departures

    All Airbus

  18. Etihad Airways tail livery
    Etihad Airways14 departures

    43% Airbus 57% Boeing

  19. Asiana Airlines tail livery
    Asiana Airlines14 departures

    50% Airbus 50% Boeing

  20. Saudia tail livery
    Saudia14 departures

    All Boeing

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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