STATS: Intra Middle Eastern Air Capacity

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 TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN MARKET (non-stop weekly flights)

Rank

Airline

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

Turkish Airlines (THY)

2,804

449,440

18.9 %

2

Saudi Arabian Airlines

2,585

420,236

17.7 %

3

Pegasus Airlines

1,216

197,364

8.3 %

4

Emirates Airline

456

132,478

5.6 %

5

Qatar Airways

741

124,248

5.2 %

6

Iran Air

744

95,044

4.0 %

7

Gulf Air

670

89,632

3.8 %

8

Iran Aseman Airlines

840

89,300

3.8 %

9

flyDubai

456

72,960

3.0 %

10

Etihad Airways

390

65,334

2.7 %

(Others)

4,451

644,724

27.1 %

TOTAL

15,353

2,380,760

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AIRPORTS

AIR TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN MARKET (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airport

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

Istanbul Ataturk

1,351

221,274

9.3 %

2

Dubai International

1,010

193,629

8.1 %

3

Riyadh King Khaled International

962

172,944

7.3 %

4

Jeddah King Abdulaziz International

929

166,440

7.0 %

5

Doha International

671

113,108

4.8 %

6

Ankara Esenboga International

622

98,690

4.1 %

7

Bahrain

630

94,835

4.0 %

8

Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen

565

89,963

3.8 %

9

Tehran Mehrabad

679

83,500

3.5 %

10

Kuwait City

429

74,964

3.1%

(Others)

7,505

1,071,413

45.0 %

TOTAL

15,353

2,380,760

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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…