NETWORK INTELLIGENCE · 2024–2025
Major Network Carriers · Strategy Matrix

Where every
major airline
is going.

Capacity growth versus network innovation — plotted across 30 major carriers. Etihad leads the expansion quadrant alone. Select any highlighted dot — Qatar, Emirates, Ethiopian, Etihad — to open a Cirium Q4 2026 schedule deep-dive.

IATA NETWORK STRATEGY MATRIX · 2025
QATAR · EMIRATES · ETHIOPIAN · CIRIUM Q4 DEEP-DIVES
ETIHAD · FULL NETWORK ANALYSIS AVAILABLE
Sources: FR24 sample May 2025
IATA network data · QR Annual Report FY2024

Network Strategy.
30 carriers, one matrix.

Capacity growth (Y-axis) vs. percentage of seats deployed on entirely new routes (X-axis). Etihad leads the top-right alone. Qatar sits at the centre — steady, constrained, recalibrating.

Network Strategy Matrix · Major Network Carriers · 2025
Etihad
Qatar
Strong growth
Moderate
Flat
Declining
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Etihad top-right, alone. Only carrier combining >15% capacity growth with >4% of seats on new routes simultaneously. Click the EY dot for the complete breakdown.
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Qatar: deliberate, not stalled. Total seats −1.4% in Q4 2026 but ASK +0.4% — China and South Africa absorbing what San Francisco and Venice lose. Click the QR dot for the Cirium Q4 deep-dive.
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China carriers still recovering. Air China, China Southern, and ANA remain in negative territory — post-COVID transpacific demand has been slower than Gulf and European corridors.