Dubai International Airport has captured five of the 10 largest air routes linking the Indian market to the outside world, with the air line connecting Dubai Airport to its Indian counterpart, Mumbai, ranked first, as the largest international air route, registering more than 56 thousand seats per week.
Data published by the Asia Pacific Aviation Center (Kappa) and the British "OAG", which provide data for airports and airlines, showed that the UAE market ranked first as the largest international market linked to India, registering 220 thousand seats per week on international flights between the two countries, and from various Airports.
In detail, the airline, which connects Dubai Airport with its Indian counterpart, Mumbai, was ranked first, as the largest international air route between India and the outside world, registering more than 56 thousand seats per week on flights, starting from the ninth of December.
Data published by the Asia Pacific Center for Aviation (Kappa) and the British "OAG" provider of airports and airlines data showed that the Dubai-Delhi line, in turn, ranked second directly in the list of the top 10 markets (airports) between India and the outside world , In terms of seat capacity on international flights, registering more than 41 thousand seats per week, while the line «Dubai - Hyderabad» in fourth place registered 25 thousand seats per week.
According to the data, the Dubai-Cochin line came in fifth place, registering about 23,000 seats a week on flights, while the Dubai-Chennai route came in seventh place, registering 22,000 seats. Thus, Dubai acquired five of the top 10 Air routes linking the Indian market to the markets of the outside world, registering 167 thousand seats per week, operated by various air carriers on the aforementioned airlines.
She noted that the seat capacity on flights, which links the UAE and Indian markets, has recorded great growth levels over the past years.
In addition, the data showed that the UAE market ranked first as the largest international market in relation to India, registering about 220 thousand seats per week on international flights between the two countries and from various airports, pointing out that the UAE occupies the first place and by a large difference, compared to Thailand and Singapore in the second and third places And about 70 and 60 thousand seats each, respectively. She noted that Emirates Airlines ranked seventh in the world as the largest airline to India, according to the latest seat capacity data on international flights, and Etihad Airways in the ninth place.
The biggest destinations
India has maintained its position as the largest destination for Dubai International Airport, in terms of numbers of passengers, with the arrival of travel traffic during the first nine months of this year, to 8.8 million passengers, according to the latest data issued by the Dubai Airports Corporation, which indicated that Mumbai came secondly, from Where the highest cities in the number of travelers by 1.7 million passengers.