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South China Morning Post
· collected 2026-10-07 · by Aldo Giovannitti
The article discusses how the aviation superhubs in Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi, which have redirected millions of passengers traveling between Western countries and Asia for decades, now face challenges due to their involvement in regional conflicts. Last year, these three airports collectively handled about 182 million passengers, with Dubai alone managing 95.2 million, surpassing Hong Kong's traffic figures. The article focuses on how the Gulf’s hub-and-spoke model has shaped global aviation flows but questions its sustainability amid current geopolitical tensions.
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For decades, Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi have operated as critical aviation hubs connecting Western and Asian travelers, handling about 182 million passengers last year alone, which is roughly three times the traffic at Hong Kong Airport. In 2022, Dubai International Airport set a record by processing 95.2 million passengers, highlighting its dominance in global air travel. However, the ongoing war has transformed these Gulf hubs into active battlegrounds, threatening the stability of their hub-and-spoke model and challenging the established standard for transcontinental aviation routes.
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Can the Gulf aviation superhub model survive the war?
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model → survive → war
The problem is not that war disrupts flights, but that this time, the hubs of Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi have become part of the battlefield
For decades, the Gulf superhubs of Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi performed an improbable trick.
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superhubs → disrupt → trick
They redirected millions of people travelling between the West and Asia to connect through their airports.
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They → redirect → airports
Last year, the three airports handled about 182 million passengers, three times the traffic at Hong Kong airport.
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airports → handle → airport
Dubai alone handled 95.2 million, the highest ever recorded by an airport.
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Dubai → handle → airport
The Gulf’s hub-and-spoke model – funnelling passengers through a central airport to multiple destinations – created economies of scale that redesigned global commercial aviation flows through a routing system solid enough to become the new standard of travel between West and East.
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that → funnel → West
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