2 weeks Ago By Sruti Kafle
Summary DMM is a massive airport (larger than Bahrain) serving 10 million passengers yearly, offering 60+ flight options. Air Cairo leads <100 operation carriers with close to 20 million ASMs and 95 flights to Sohag. Flynas and Saudia are the only carriers with 1000+ flights from DMM, operating to various destinations using Airbus A320neo and Airbus A320.
King Fahd International Airport (DMM) is a gigantic airport. It was named after its former king, Fahd ibn Abdulaziz, and currently serves 10 million passengers each year. This airport is larger than the country it is a neighbour to - Bahrain - and its area is equal to the five boroughs of New York City .
With 10.9 million passengers, King Fahd International Airport was the 16th-busiest airport in the Middle East last year. According to data from " Cirium, an aviation analytics company ", there are over twenty carriers that offer 60 or more operations to and from DMM.
The airline that offers the highest number of flights to and from DMM is the one which the airport serves as a base. Let's take a closer look at the top airlines that serve DMM. Less than 100 operations Out of airlines having fewer than 100 operations to and from Dammam King Fahd International Airport (DMM), Air Cairo has the largest number of operations.
In the 95 flights this Egyptian carrier has, it offers close to 20 million Available Seat Miles (ASMs). Air Cairo operates to Sohag (HMB) from this airport. Airlines Flights Seats Air Cairo (SM) 95 16,979 Five airlines have sixty operations each Five carriers carry out exactly 60 operations to and from DMM.
Some of these airlines are: SalamAir - a low-cost airline from Oman Vistara, an Indian low-cost airline that operates between DMM and Mumbai on the Airbus A320neo . Ethiopian Airlines (ET), the only carrier that offers direct flights on the DMM- Bole Addis Ababa International Airport (ADD) route. ET offers a total of 9,588 seats to and from DMM in September.
Turkish Airlines - the one with the highest ASMs for carriers with less than 100 operations From DMM, Turkish Airlines (TK) offers flights to two different airports in Turkey. These are: Istanbul Airport (IST) on a 4-hour, 15-minute journey on the Airbus A321neo [ according to flightconnections.com , TK is the only carrier serving this route] Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) on a 4-hour, 15-minute journey on the Airbus A321neo.
Four carriers have less than 200 operations There are four carriers that offer between a hundred and two hundred operations to and from DMM. Let's take a look at their operations in the table below: Airlines Number of flights Number of seats Etihad Airways(EY) 178 28,498 Emirates (EK) 194 68,936 Egypt Air (MS) 196 37,414 Air Arabia (G9) 196 34,104 Prominent carriers such as Etihad and Emirates offer 178 and 194 operations each, respectively, to and from DMM in September. Let's take a look at the details of these operations: Emirates is operating its Boeing 777-300ERs on the nearly 1-hour, 25-minute DMM-Dubai (DXB) route.
Etihad is operating its Airbus A320's on the near 1-hour, 20-minute flight on the DMM-Abu Dhabi (AUH) route [ according to flightroutes.com ]. Egypt Air (MS) and Air Arabia (G9) are tied at 196 operations each, though the number of seats on MS are far higher.
Also, MS offers 44 million ASMs for its operations to and from DMM in September. This is almost five times greater than the ASMs on Etihad and almost double the ASMs on Emirates and Air Arabia. From 200 to 1000 flights There are three airlines that have exactly 240 operations each to and from DMM.
These are: Fly Dubai (FZ), which competes with Emirates on the DMM - Dubai (DXB) route. While FZ operates the Boeing 737MAX 8, Emirates uses its Boeing 777-300ERs on this route. Gulf Air (GF), which operates its Airbus A320, Airbus A321s and Airbus A320neo on a forty-minute flight between DMM and Bahrain (BAH).
Qatar Airways (QR), the sole operator conducting direct flights between DMM and Doha (DOH). The carrier uses its Airbus A350s and A320s on this route. FZ has over 41,000 seats to and from DMM in September and offers over 14 million ASMs.
Although QR offers more than 54,000 seats, the ASMs are half of those offered on FZ's flights. Let's take a look at the number of operators of other carriers offering close to 1000 operations to and from DMM. Airlines Flights Seats Available Seat Miles (ASMs) Flyadeal (F3) 964 179,304 114,974,412 Air India Express (IX) 419 77,376 148,847,365 Iraqi Airways (IA) 345 58,366 29,313,520 Only two carriers serve over 1000 flights Let's take a look at the numbers behind the operations of the two carriers that have more than a thousand flights to and from DMM.
Airlines Flights Seats Available Seat Miles (ASMS) Flynas (XY) 1,549 263,330 189,126,900 Saudia (SV) 1,289 199,382 95,867,242 Let's take a look at some of the places where these carriers fly directly from DMM and what aircraft they use along these routes. Flynas Destination Distance Flight Time (approximately) Aircraft used Competitors on the route Abha (AHB) 733 miles 2 hours Airbus A320neo Flyadeal Madinah (MAD) 646 miles 2 hours Airbus A320neo Flyadeal Jazan (GIZ) 813 miles 2 hours and 25 minutes Airbus A320neo Flyadeal Saudia Destination Distance Flight time (approximately) Aircraft used Competitors on the route Jeddah (JED) 752 miles 2 hours 10 minutes Airbus A320 Airbus A321 Flynas Flyadeal Riyadh (RUH) 219 miles 1 hour 15 minutes Airbus A320 Airbus A321 Flynas Flyadeal Neom Bay (NUM) 901 miles 2 hours 35 minutes Airbus A320 Airbus A321 Flyadeal.
