The cruise and airline sectors in the Middle East are growing worldwide, making the region a key international travel hub. The Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2026, which will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from May 4 to 7, will focus on these businesses.
The ATM Travel Trends Report 2025, prepared with Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, forecasts that demand for air travel in the Middle East will grow by 23% between 2025 and 2030. This is because of ambitious national tourism plans, record airport performance, and record investments in aircraft across the GCC.
Emirates, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, and Saudia, the four biggest airlines in the area, have ordered about 780 planes from Boeing and Airbus. This shows that they are confident in long-term global demand. The survey says that Middle Eastern airlines make up 12% of all new unfilled aircraft orders in the world. GCC carriers are responsible for 93% of those orders.
The size of the global network that Middle Eastern airlines can now link to is a direct result of their increased fleet capacity. Qatar Airways flies to more than 170 places around the world. By the end of 2025, Etihad Airways will have a fleet of more than 110 aircraft flying to more than 90 destinations.
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