STATS: Air Capacity Between Europe and The Middle East

In our final edition of The HUB for 2011 we bring you some statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in individual domestic markets, regional capacity within continents and traffic between particular parts of the world. All the data shows weekly flight capacity for the week commencing January 14, 2012.

AIRLINES

AIR CAPACITY BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST (non-stop weekly flights)

Rank

Airline

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

Turkish Airlines (THY)

827

140,816

19.7 %

2

Emirates Airline

328

94,794

13.3 %

3

Qatar Airways

226

53,950

7.6 %

4

Lufthansa

148

32,887

4.6 %

5

Etihad Airways

123

30,719

4.3 %

(Others)

2,048

361,245

50.6 %

TOTAL

3,700

714,411

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EUROPEAN AIRPORTS

AIR CAPACITY BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airport

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

London Heathrow

339

88,672

12.4 %

2

Frankfurt

262

59,106

8.3 %

3

Paris CDG

200

45,116

6.3 %

4

Amsterdam Schiphol

132

28,334

4.0 %

5

Munich

139

26,771

3.8 %

(Others)

2,628

466,412

65.3 %

TOTAL

3,700

714,411

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MIDDLE EAST AIRPORTS

AIR CAPACITY BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airport

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

Istanbul Ataturk

1,103

182,906

25.6 %

2

Dubai International

524

136,828

19.2 %

3

Tel Aviv Ben Gurion

445

78,812

11.0 %

4

Doha International

232

55,386

7.8 %

5

Abu Dhabi International

155

37,882

5.3 %

(Others)

1,241

222,597

31.2 %

TOTAL

3,700

714,411

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Richard Maslen

Richard Maslen has travelled across the globe to report on developments in the aviation sector as airlines and airports have continued to evolve and…