Flight Friday: Gulf Giants Emirates, Qatar Dominate 2025 Air Hours

Daniel Williams September 19, 2025

With less than two months before Dubai Airshow 2025 opens, this week’s Flight Friday examines the top 10 Gulf carriers from a flight-hours perspective. Among the top 10, Emirates and Qatar Airways command nearly equal shares, together accounting for almost 50% of flight hours in 2025 to date...

Daniel Williams

Based in the UK, Daniel is Director of Fleet Data Services for Aviation Week Network. Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2017, Daniel held a number of industry positions analyzing fleet data.

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