{
  "id": 16628624,
  "title": "UAE airport seat capacity rises 23% to 7.2 million ahead of winter travel season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/uae-airport-seat-capacity-rises-23-to-7-2-million-ahead-of-winter",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T15:15:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/uae-airport-seat-capacity-rises-23-to-72-million-ahead-of-winter-travel-season-1.500724445"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dubai: Scheduled seat capacity on departing flights from UAE airports rose 23 per cent between June and October 2026, reaching 7.2 million seats as national airlines expanded operations ahead of the winter travel season. The increase represented an additional 1.4 million departing seats compared with June, when capacity stood at 5.8 million, according to figures from international aviation data…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}