Doha featured in top 10 busiest international route in Middle East, Africa – The Peninsula

Doha featured in top 10 busiest international route in Middle East, Africa – The Peninsula

The Doha to London Heathrow route has emerged as one of the top 10 busiest international routes in April 2022 by region (Middle East), according to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), a global travel data provider.

According to OAG, the world’s busiest air routes have the largest volume of scheduled airline seats in the current calendar month.

In April’s Global Top 10 Busiest International Airline Routes Cairo to Jeddah took top position.

The released data disclosed that the route which sees flights from the Hamad International Airport to the London Heathrow Airport recorded 138,796 seats occupied in April to make the top 10 cut.

In the same category, Cairo to Jeddah saw the largest capacity with 334,157 seats, followed by Dubai-Jeddah, Dubai-London Heathrow, Dubai-Mumbai, Dubai-Riyadh, Delhi-Dubai, Istanbul- Tehran Imran Khomeini, Bahrain-Dubai, and Cairo-Riyadh.

Meanwhile, Cairo to Doha route was placed ninth in the African category, with 58,071 seats in April. The busiest was the Cairo to Jeddah route which stood at 334,157. OAG added that the Middle East region dominated the Top 10 International Busiest Airline Routes for April.

On the other hand, Hamad International Airport (HIA) hit a high mark of 41.37 percent increase in passenger footfall as 17.7 million passengers were served in 2021