Doha, Qatar: The Cairo to Doha flight route has been ranked in the top 10 Busiest International Routes by Region according to data from Official Airline Guide (OAG), a global travel data provider.
The Cairo to Doha flight route recorded 107,568 seats in June to claim sixth place in Africa. Cairo to Jeddah, Cairo to Riyadh and Cairo to Kuwait were Africa’s top three flight routes. Cairo to Jeddah was number one for the Middle East, with nearly 400,000 seats.
Qatar Airways and the Hamad International Airport (HIA) expect a high departure and arrival passenger volumes during the upcoming Eid Al Adha holiday, from June 15 to July 10. Passengers have been advised to plan their trip accordingly to ensure a seamless travel experience.
Qatar Airways has also resumed flights to several destinations, including a recent announcement that it had begun flights to Tokyo Haneda Airport.
The airline’s Group Chief Executive and Chairman of Qatar Tourism, H E Akbar Al Baker, recently disclosed that Qatar reached a record-breaking number of tourists at 1.5 million people in the first half of 2023. Qatar plans to welcome around six million tourists annually by 2030.
Meanwhile, June’s top 10 busiest international airline routes saw Kuala Lumpur to Changi at number one with 417,982 seats, while Cairo to Jeddah bagged second place. Hong Kong to Taipei was third with 369,752 seats, and Dubai to Riyadh at fourth with 341,300 seats. Seoul Incheon to Tokyo Narita completed the top five with 338,434 seats.
The world’s busiest flight routes are those with the largest volume of scheduled airline seats in the current calendar month. Data is for flights in both directions on each route and is sourced from OAG Schedules Analyser in the first week of each month. The flight data reflects the most recent full calendar month for each category’s busiest scheduled domestic and international flight routes.
According to OAG, international capacity continues its steady increase, reaching 43.9 million seats. Also, global airline capacity increased by 1.6 million seats this week, reaching 111.4 million. This is a 1.5% increase on last week, 15.3% more than the same week the previous year but still 3.6% below where it was in the same week in 2019. The data agency added that global capacity is set to peak at around 117 million seats in the second week of August.
