Operating 2,438 scheduled passenger flights this week

2.9 million seats on flights in the UAE within 5 weeks

Airlines operating in the UAE airports occupied 2.57 million seats last January.

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OAG International, which provides airport and airline data, revealed that air carriers operating at airports in the UAE will occupy about 578,000 seats on flights during the week that began on February 8th, noting that airlines operated more From 2.9 million seats over five weeks, from January 4 to February 31, 2021.

The corporation stated in data, which Emirates Today obtained a copy of, that airlines in the UAE airports will operate 2,438 scheduled flights this week to transport passengers, pointing at the same time to operating more than 12,000 flights to transport passengers during the five weeks (from the fourth of January to February 31, 2021).

Scheduled seats

OAG indicated that airlines operating in the UAE airports occupied about 2.57 million seats over the course of last January as a whole, compared to 2.49 million seats in December 2020, with a growth rate of about 3.2%, noting that the number of seats scheduled for last January was the highest. Not at all since the start of the Corona pandemic, compared to capacity levels in April 2020.

And she mentioned that with regard to the number of flights, airlines operating in the country's airports operated 10 thousand and 639 flights during last January, compared to 10 thousand and 301 flights, with a growth rate of about 3.2%.

Middle east

The corporation stated that airlines in the Middle East region will occupy about 2.18 million seats this week, starting from the eighth of February, with a decline of 2.3%, compared to the previous week, pointing out that the UAE market accounts for about 26.5% of the total capacity. To be operated by airlines in the region.

the world

Globally, the corporation said it had noticed regular reductions in seat capacity on flights in China over the past few weeks, explaining that the 27% decrease in capacity and the loss of more than 3.2 million domestic seats in one week, led to the United States being given the title of the largest aviation market. In the world.

She added that the drop in global capacity to 48.1 million seats and breaking the 50 million threshold brought us back to the capacity levels that were reported at the end of June last year, noting that last week, airlines around the world canceled about 28 million seats until the end of March. Next, the scheduled seat capacity for February is currently about 211.4 million, compared to 401 million seats during the same month last year.

Expected discounts

OAG International, which provides airport and airline data, expects further reductions in seat capacity on global flights in the coming weeks.

She stated that half of the regional markets in the world are currently operating at less than half of the operating capacity for the past year, noting that there are only two markets, South Asia and Central America, operating at more than 60% of their normal energy levels.

Air carriers operating in the country's airports will occupy 578,000 seats in a week.

26.5%

Of the seat capacity in the region is acquired by the UAE market.

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