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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%2,034 departuresWinner
Boeing15%352 departures

2,386 departures counted21 Aug to 28 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
  • A320-200678
  • A321-200385
  • A321-200NX361
  • A320-200N236
  • A330-300142
  • A330-900140
  • A350-90035

Boeing

15% of departures
  • 777-300(ER)137
  • 737-80074
  • 737 MAX 852
  • 787-936
  • 787-824
  • 777-30010
  • 777-200(ER)9

Who flies what

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

  1. Cebu Pacific tail livery
    Cebu Pacific889 departures

    All Airbus

  2. Philippine Airlines tail livery
    Philippine Airlines710 departures

    95% Airbus 5% Boeing

  3. Philippines AirAsia tail livery
    Philippines AirAsia234 departures

    All Airbus

  4. Cathay Pacific tail livery
    Cathay Pacific41 departures

    68% Airbus 32% Boeing

  5. Xiamen Air tail livery
    Xiamen Air36 departures

    All Boeing

  6. Singapore Airlines tail livery
    Singapore Airlines35 departures

    60% Airbus 40% Boeing

  7. Korean Air tail livery
    Korean Air28 departures

    All Airbus

  8. Malaysia Airlines tail livery
    Malaysia Airlines28 departures

    All Boeing

  9. Emirates tail livery
    Emirates28 departures

    All Boeing

  10. China Southern Airlines tail livery
    China Southern Airlines26 departures

    All Boeing

  11. United Airlines tail livery
    United Airlines23 departures

    All Boeing

  12. EVA Air tail livery
    EVA Air21 departures

    62% Airbus 38% Boeing

  13. Qatar Airways tail livery
    Qatar Airways18 departures

    All Boeing

  14. Air China tail livery
    Air China14 departures

    79% Airbus 21% Boeing

  15. Thai Airways tail livery
    Thai Airways14 departures

    All Airbus

  16. Vietnam Airlines tail livery
    Vietnam Airlines14 departures

    All Airbus

  17. China Airlines tail livery
    China Airlines14 departures

    All Airbus

  18. Asiana Airlines tail livery
    Asiana Airlines14 departures

    50% Airbus 50% Boeing

  19. All Nippon Airways tail livery
    All Nippon Airways14 departures

    All Boeing

  20. Japan Airlines tail livery
    Japan Airlines14 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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