Dubai International Airport ranks top for scheduled seats

Friday, 8 March 2024 08:02

By ARN News Staff

New figures reveal Dubai International Airport is the largest in the world by scheduled seat capacity for international flights, in March.

Data published by OAG, a provider of airport and airline data, shows the total number of scheduled seats on international flights through Dubai International Airport is set to reach 4.98 million this month.

The figures mean the airport maintains its lead as the largest international airport in scheduled seat capacity ahead of London’s Heathrow Airport in second place, with just over four million scheduled seats.

The airport also continued its strong performance, ranking second globally in total seat capacity on both international and domestic flights, after Hartsfield Atlanta Airport, which came first.

The data also showed the Dubai International accounted for six out of 10 of the busiest flight routes in the region departing from or to Dubai. The Dubai-Riyadh route ranked second in terms of regional seat capacity on international flights in March thanks to 303,400 seats. Dubai-London Heathrow came third with 283,300 seats.

Dubai International Airport witnessed a significant increase in the number of guests traveling during the year 2023, as the total number of passengers reached 86,994,365 million passengers, an annual increase of 31.7 percent.

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