OAG International, which provides data for airports and airlines, said that Emirates Airlines will occupy 271,000 seats on its flights in the week beginning July 22, compared to 91.2 thousand seats on its flights during the same week last June. With a growth rate of 197%.
The Foundation confirmed, to «Emirates Today», that the carrier increased its operational capacity during the recent period, with the resumption of flights to more destinations around the world, noting that it was providing only 78 thousand seats per week at the beginning of last June, to increase to 258 thousand seats at the beginning of July Ongoing with progressive resumption of operations.
OAG stated that the latest data on the air transport sector globally shows a 7.6% increase in seat capacity scheduled last week.
She explained that airlines will occupy a total of 53.8 million seats scheduled in the 26th week since the crisis of the "Coved-19" outbreak, starting from January 20, 2020, but the capacity still constitutes about 45% of its levels, compared to the same period in 2019.
According to the data, the chief executive of OAG, John Grant, said that Emirates Airlines almost doubled the number of seats and flights scheduled in the past week, pointing out that the carrier was operating during the same week of last year about 3700 flights, and nearly It has 1.5 million seats.
He added that closing the airspace around the world due to the pandemic of "Covid-19", and quarantine policies have affected the process of linking international markets, pointing out that "Emirates Airlines" depends heavily on international traffic in its operations.
Emirates Airlines currently serves more than 50 destinations within its route network, allowing travelers to travel between the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region easily through Dubai, or stop there, as the city reopened its doors to receive visitors from international businessmen and tourists . Emirates Airlines announced that it will restart its A380 giant plane to serve its daily flight to Amsterdam, and that it will operate a second daily flight to London Heathrow on the first of August.
Emirates Airlines currently serves more than 50 destinations.
The closing of the air due to "Covid-19" affected the linking of the markets.