Dubai airport remains world’s busiest international aviation hub, with Dubai-Riyadh the busiest route

Dubai airport remains world’s busiest international aviation hub, with Dubai-Riyadh the busiest route

Dubai: Dubai International Airport remains the world’s biggest international aviation hub, with flights from Dubai to four cities among the Top 10 routes this month. Dubai-Riyadh remains the busiest with a seat capacity of 289,396 seats, while Dubai-London Heathrow had 247,145 seats. The other two high-capacity flights from Dubai are to Jeddah and Bahrain. The numbers from the aviation consultancy OAG clearly show that Dubai and UAE airlines maintain optimum flight schedules despite having to deal with the Omicron variant. In fact, the data shows the overall global scheduled flight capacity dropped by 1.7 million seats in the week ending January 17 compared to the week before. Flights from the UAE saw a marginal 2.6 per cent decline in seat capacity, while Saudi Arabia’s flight capacity reduced 1.9 per cent. India, where state-wide restrictions were re-imposed, saw the biggest cut by over 12 per cent. “This week, 13 global regions reported cuts in airline capacity, with South Asia leading the way with a 10 per cent reduction,” said John Grant, aviation analyst, in an OAG blog. “The majority of which is down to capacity cuts in India, where IndiGo have dropped nearly 20 per cent of their flying,” Earlier this