OAG: It beats London Heathrow by a big margin

Dubai International maintains its lead as the largest air transport hub

Dubai International Airport has continued to record strong growth rates in recent months.

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Data published by OAG International, a provider of airport and airline data, showed that the total number of seats scheduled on international flights through Dubai International Airport reached about 3.94 million scheduled seats during September 2022, so that “Dubai International” maintained its first position as The largest international airport in scheduled seat capacity, by a large difference compared to “London Heathrow”, which came second.

According to data received by "Emirates Today", a copy of it, Dubai International Airport has continued to record strong growth rates in recent months, in light of the increase in the number of flights, and their resumption to more international destinations.

The data showed that "Dubai International" retained its first position with a difference of more than half a million seats, compared to "London Heathrow" airport, which recorded more than 3.3 million seats, and then "Amsterdam" airport with about 3.1 million seats.

According to the data published by the Corporation, Dubai International Airport continued its strong performance, to be ranked second globally, in total seat capacity on flights (international and domestic) together, after Hartsfield Atlanta Airport, which came first.

The total seat capacity on flights (international and domestic) together at Dubai International Airport in September of this year was about 3.9 million seats, compared to about 4.6 million seats at Hartsfield Atlanta Airport, followed by Tokyo International Airport in third place, with 3.6 million seats.

Dubai also acquired four of the 10 busiest international routes during September 2022, two of which were concentrated between Dubai and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

According to these results achieved by Dubai, the Middle East dominated the top 10 busiest international airlines.

The data showed that the "Dubai - Riyadh track" recorded about 307 thousand seats, compared to 228,000 seats for the "Dubai - Mumbai track", while the "Dubai - Jeddah track" recorded about 223,000 seats, and the "Dubai - London Heathrow track" more. of 221,000 seats.

Dubai International Airport received about 27.9 million passengers during the first half of this year, recording a record increase of 161.9%, compared to the same period last year, exceeding the total number of passengers registered in 2021, by about 1.2 million passengers, supported by the strong performance achieved by the airport in The second quarter of 2022, despite the reduced capacity of the airport during the renovation of the northern runway, which lasted 45 days during May and June of 2022.

According to Dubai Airports, these strong results indicate that 67.5% of passenger traffic rates were achieved through Dubai International during the same period in 2019 before the Corona pandemic.

The airport maintained its exceptional performance and achieved quarterly growth for the ninth consecutive time since the beginning of the pandemic, as the airport received 14.2 million passengers, during the second quarter of this year, achieving an annual increase of 190.6%. 

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