OAG International, the provider of airports and airlines data, said that airlines in the Middle East region will occupy about 1.53 million seats scheduled for flights this week, starting from the eighth of June 2020, compared to 1.46 million seats last week and a growth rate of up to To about 4.5%.
The Foundation stated in a periodic bulletin that Emirates Today viewed a copy of it, that the gradual resumption of air transport in the region contributed to raising the scheduled energy of airlines, pointing out that seat capacity at the international level during the past two weeks increased by 440,000 seats to 37.2 One million seats compared to 115.8 million in the same week last year.
She explained that despite these data, the seat capacity is still about 78 million seats a week compared to the same week last year, before the outbreak of the "Covid-19" virus, noting that some signs of recovery have started to appear, but the challenges of building the travelers' confidence are very real. Noting that Western Europe recorded the highest growth rate on a weekly basis, at 19.4%.
She said that some airlines started adding more seat capacity from late June onwards, while other companies are working for large short-term cancellations, noting that last week, airlines removed about 60 million international seats until mid-July as they adjusted their capacity For current demand forecasts, and in the past two weeks, about nine million seats have been removed for this week’s flights, highlighting the challenges airlines face.