OAG: With a growth rate of 4%
591.7 thousand seats on flights in the UAE this week
The UAE acquires 28% of the capacity of airlines in the region.
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OAG International, which provides airport and airline data, revealed that airlines operating in the UAE airports will operate a total of 591,721 seats on flights during the week starting from December 21, 2020, compared to 569,236 seats in the previous week. With a growth rate of 4%.
The corporation’s data, obtained by Emirates Today, showed that the UAE market has recorded continuous growth rates during the past weeks, with national carriers resuming their operations to many new destinations around the world, indicating that the current total seat capacity constitutes 43.2% of capacity. Seats in the corresponding period in 2019, which exceeded 1.47 million seats.
The Corporation stated that airlines in the Middle East will occupy about 2.1 million seats this week, a growth rate of 1.3% compared to the previous week, noting that the UAE market accounts for 28% of the total volume of capacity occupied by airlines in the region.
The corporation said that airlines around the world will occupy about 61 million scheduled seats this week, but the emergence of a new variant of "Covid-19" will push airlines to return their accounts, as more flights have been announced in the United Kingdom.
"Some airlines are still optimistic about the holiday season, as capacity is expected to grow by 1.4 million seats next week," he added.
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