Middle East Aviation Market

Which is the biggest airline in the Middle East? Where is the busiest airport in the region? Which countries have the most airline capacity and how is this split between low-cost and mainline carriers? All of these questions and more are answered in our monthly Middle East aviation data analysis and commentary. Data is sourced from OAG's Schedules Analyser; a cutting-edge platform for airline schedule analysis. 

In The middle East this month there are 23,677,394 scheduled airline seats, +3.34% year-on-year 

• International capacity, which represents 81.7% of the market, grew by 3.6% vs June 2024, with an increase of 674,200 taking the total to 19.3m seats.
• Domestic capacity represents 18.3% of the market and grew by 2.2% vs June 2024.
  

How is Capacity Split between Low-Cost and Mainline in the Middle East?

• LCCs account for 30% of capacity in the Middle East this month, growing by 8.4% vs June 2024.
• Mainline carriers account for the remaining 70% of the capacity in the market and grew at a slower rate of 1.3% vs last year. 
  

Which is the Busiest Airport in the Middle East?

• Dubai (DXB) remains the region's largest airport again this month, with the hub handling 5.1m seats, almost double the size of the next largest airport, Doha with 2.7m seats.
• The airport with the fastest growth rate in the Top 10 is Tel Aviv again this month, up 35.9% which is 297,100 more seats than last June.
• Capacity declined at Doha again this month, reducing by 1.2% vs last year.
  
  
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