{
  "name": "SkyAccess Middle East Empty Leg Index: November 2026",
  "description": "November 2026 marketplace data ranks GCC empty leg corridors, airport activity and listings across the six Gulf states. Tables: The GCC at a glance; The busiest corridors touching the GCC.",
  "url": "https://skyaccess.com/blog/middle-east-empty-leg-index-november-2026",
  "creator": {
    "name": "SkyAccess",
    "url": "https://skyaccess.com"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-10-30T18:58:52",
  "dateModified": "2026-10-30T18:58:52",
  "citation": "SkyAccess. (2026). Middle East Empty Leg Index: November 2026. Retrieved from https://skyaccess.com/blog/middle-east-empty-leg-index-november-2026",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "distribution": {
    "json": "https://skyaccess.com/data/middle-east-empty-leg-index-november-2026.json",
    "csv": "https://skyaccess.com/data/middle-east-empty-leg-index-november-2026.csv"
  },
  "methodology": "The GCC includes airports in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. A leg is included when either endpoint is in one of those countries. The wider Middle East query uses those countries plus Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Turkey; it returned 7,698 unique legs. Every count is based on marketplace listings, with a fixed creation time so that the snapshot can be reproduced. These figures describe listed legs, not flights confirmed as flown. Each regional edition uses its own snapshot date, so a shared corridor can differ from another edition.",
  "tables": [
    {
      "title": "The GCC at a glance",
      "columns": [
        "Measure",
        "Unique empty legs"
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "Measure": "Legs touching an airport in the six GCC states",
          "Unique empty legs": 4426
        },
        {
          "Measure": "Legs connecting two GCC airports",
          "Unique empty legs": 1475
        },
        {
          "Measure": "Legs touching the United Arab Emirates",
          "Unique empty legs": 2944
        },
        {
          "Measure": "Legs touching Saudi Arabia",
          "Unique empty legs": 1376
        },
        {
          "Measure": "Legs touching Qatar",
          "Unique empty legs": 819
        },
        {
          "Measure": "Legs touching Oman",
          "Unique empty legs": 288
        },
        {
          "Measure": "Legs touching Kuwait",
          "Unique empty legs": 259
        },
        {
          "Measure": "Legs touching Bahrain",
          "Unique empty legs": 150
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "The busiest corridors touching the GCC",
      "columns": [
        "Rank",
        "Corridor",
        "Unique empty legs"
      ],
      "rows": [
        {
          "Rank": 1,
          "Corridor": "Dubai to Riyadh",
          "Unique empty legs": 271
        },
        {
          "Rank": 2,
          "Corridor": "Dubai to Doha",
          "Unique empty legs": 222
        },
        {
          "Rank": 3,
          "Corridor": "Dubai to London",
          "Unique empty legs": 122
        },
        {
          "Rank": 4,
          "Corridor": "Dubai to Jeddah",
          "Unique empty legs": 119
        },
        {
          "Rank": 5,
          "Corridor": "Dubai to Kuwait City",
          "Unique empty legs": 105
        },
        {
          "Rank": 6,
          "Corridor": "Dubai to Cairo",
          "Unique empty legs": 77
        },
        {
          "Rank": 7,
          "Corridor": "Dubai to Paris",
          "Unique empty legs": 72
        },
        {
          "Rank": 8,
          "Corridor": "Dubai to Manama",
          "Unique empty legs": 64
        },
        {
          "Rank": 9,
          "Corridor": "Abu Dhabi to Doha",
          "Unique empty legs": 57
        },
        {
          "Rank": 10,
          "Corridor": "Abu Dhabi to Riyadh",
          "Unique empty legs": 51
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}