The first regionally, with a share of 29%, and among the fastest recovering markets
UAE restores 84.3% of seat capacity levels "before the pandemic"
The UAE recorded a 67.4% growth in scheduled seat capacity on flights at the country's airports during 2022. Archive
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OAG International Corporation, which provides data for airports and airlines, revealed its annual report on the performance of air transport markets in the world during the current year, noting that the UAE recorded a 67.4% growth in scheduled seat capacity on flights operating at the country’s airports during the year. 2022, to reach 63.89 million scheduled seats, compared to 38.16 million seats in 2021.
In its report for the year 2022, the Corporation stated that airlines operating in the country’s airports added more than 25.7 million new seats during the current year, which reflects the acceleration of the recovery of the travel sector in the UAE and its ability to recover more than 84.3% of seat capacity levels in 2019, i.e. Before the "Covid-19" pandemic, airlines operating in the country's airports occupied a total of 75.7 million seats that year.
According to the Corporation's annual report, the UAE ranked 11th in the world among the fastest markets, and the first regionally among the list of the 20 largest air transport markets in the world in terms of scheduled seat capacity during 2022, on flights at its international airports, and the fastest markets recovering from the crisis.
And the UAE acquired about 29% of the scheduled seat capacity of airlines in the Middle East region during the year 2022, which according to the data amounted to 219.14 million seats, while the country’s share of the seat capacity of airlines worldwide, which amounted during the current year to more than 4.74. One billion seats, about 1.34%.
Globally, the seat capacity amounted to about 4.7 billion scheduled seats during the year 2022. The Corporation's report indicated that the global seat capacity rebounded during the current year, by more than 30% compared to 2021, and by approximately 50% compared to 2020, however, the capacity is still on a basis An annual rate of about 18% less than the level of 2019, adding that in 2017 the capacity reached levels of 5.2 billion, compared to 2.6 billion in 1996.
The corporation said: «The year 2022 was certainly an interesting year for the aviation industry, with a lot of optimism about the recovery process, but there are many challenges that must be faced in 2023, including increased operating costs, concerns regarding consumer confidence and the return of business travel, However, there is equally growing confidence in a recovery in travel, with airlines placing new aircraft orders and announcing new destinations.
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