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Saudia closes in on Emirates as Saudi Arabia overtakes UAE for airline capacity

Just 130,000 scheduled seats now separate the Middle East’s two largest airlines, although Dubai International remains comfortably busier than any airport in Saudi Arabia

The Middle East's two largest airlines are now closely matched in terms of capacity. According to Arabian Business, there are only 130,000 scheduled seats separating them.

Dubai International remains the busier airport, but Saudi Arabia has overtaken the UAE in terms of airline capacity.

No further details are available on the airlines or their capacities.

Brief written by urgent.news from Arabian Business, Saudi Gazette Business — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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