Record 4 million seats scheduled on international flights in July 2022

OAG: Dubai International is the largest air transport hub in the world

Dubai International leads the world as the largest airport in the world for international flights.

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Data published by OAG International, the provider of airport and airline data, showed that the total number of seats scheduled on international flights through Dubai International Airport this July exceeded four million, which is the highest number since the start of the “Covid-19” pandemic, to solve this. In the first place, as the largest international airport in seat capacity scheduled on international flights, far ahead of “London Heathrow”, which ranked second.

Airport Ranking

According to data received by "Emirates Today", a copy of it, Dubai International Airport took the lead as the largest airport in the world for international flights, with a difference of about half a million seats, compared to "London Heathrow International Airport", which recorded about 3.5 million seats, followed by " Amsterdam Dutch Airport, which came in third place with 3.15 million seats, while Paris International Airport ranked fourth with 3.1 million seats, and Frankfurt Airport, Germany, in fifth place with three million seats.

International and local

In its monthly bulletin, OAG stated that Dubai International Airport increased its capacity by 28 percent during this July, compared to last month.

According to data published by the Corporation, Dubai International Airport continued its strong performance, ranking second globally in total seat capacity on flights (international and domestic) together, after Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport in the United States, which recorded about 4.7 million scheduled seats in July. .

crowded paths

According to the report, Dubai acquired three of the 10 busiest international routes during July 2022, noting that two of these routes were concentrated between Dubai and stations in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, while the third track was in Asia.

She explained that the "Dubai-Riyadh route" came in second place globally in terms of the busiest international routes in July, with about 312,000 seats, with a growth rate of 32% compared to the previous June, while the "Dubai-Jeddah route" ranked sixth in the world with about 283 1,000 seats, while the Dubai-Mumbai track ranked seventh in the world, with 236,000 seats.

Passenger numbers

In addition, data from the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority showed that the total number of passengers through Dubai International Airport during the first five months of 2022 exceeded 22 million and 858 thousand passengers, compared to about nine million and 90 thousand passengers during the same period in 2021, with a growth rate of more than 151 %.

It is noteworthy that Dubai International Airport has maintained the first position as the busiest international airport around the world for the eighth year in a row, receiving 29.1 million passengers during 2021, and is also the largest airport in terms of scheduled seat capacity on international flights.

Passenger numbers forecast

Dubai International Airport has recorded strong growth rates in passenger traffic in recent months, prompting Dubai Airports Corporation to raise its expectations for the number of passengers this year to 58.3 million passengers.

The airport provides flights to 193 global destinations in 92 countries through more than 73 international airlines.

Dubai International Airport outperformed “London Heathrow International Airport” by nearly half a million seats.

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