Middle East Aviation Market

Monthly Middle East Airline Data Updates

DISCOVER THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS, AIRLINES AND COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST THIS MONTH | JUNE 2025

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. 

 

Airline Capacity in the Middle East 

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. 

Top 10 Middle East Country Markets 

 

Which Middle Eastern Country Has Most Airline Capacity?

  • The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are the largest markets, with 7.5m and 7.0m seats respectively.
  • Capacity in the UAE grew by 5.6%, with 398,200 additional seats vs last year.
  • Within the Top 10, capacity grew at the fastest rate in Israel again this month, increasing by 37.4% vs June 2024 with 313,200 additional seats. This reflects high travel demand despite the ongoing geopolitical situation.
  • Capacity continued to decline in the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq, by 11.1% and 14.6% respectively vs last year.

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Top Ten Middle East Airports

 

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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Top Ten Middle East Airlines (One way, departing seats) 

 

Which is the biggest Middle Eastern airline?

  • Emirates remains the largest airline in the region, with the network carrier handling 3.2m seats, an increase of 2% vs June 2024.
  • Within the Top 10 carriers in the Middle East, Saudia, Flyadeal and Etihad Airways continued to increase capacity most by 176,100 seats, 163,900 and 154,600 seats respectively.
  • IndiGo saw the largest growth in capacity, increasing by 26% vs June 2024.
  • Gulf Air and Qatar reduced capacity this month, taking 39,400 and 44,000 seats respectively out of the market vs last year.

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