Dubai
Just clarify a couple of points, the figures quoted are for May and Ramadan had no effect as it started 6/7 June but as posters have said it is the low season (monsoon rains in the Indian sub-continent etc and boy did it).
However when you look at the Middle Eastern figures from the UK in May 2016 it seems to have been hit more than usual and I don't enough to say if this was over-capacity or other factors were at play here but here are some figures:
BHX-DOH.......10 501...........150 pax.....59%
MAN-DOH......21 761.(0%),..158 pax.....50% - due to lots of 77W and I assume 412 seat versions
EDI-DOH....... 8 364.(-1%)...143 pax.....56%
LHR-DOH..... 81 188 (+10%) - A319 QR upgraded to wide-body
BHX-DXB..... 44 423(+4%)....238 pax....51%
MAN-DXB.....66 328(+6%)....357 pax.....72%
NCL-DXB......14 426(-5%).....233 pax.....61%
GLA-DXB......Not reported yet
LHR-DXB..... 198 407 (+6%) - extra EK flight
I have estimated that all flights operated (I did check Linhomeradar for most of the routes) and have estimated that Manchester QR operated with the 412 seat 77W and EK the 517 A388 in the afternoon.
For Newcastle I did a quick scan of the three class and two class versions which operated and it would have been a lot lower if the two class had operated every flight.
However what I am saying is that the Newcastle figure although it is not great reading, some of the others are equally as bad when you add in the capacity increases.
These are provisional and I suppose they might get amended, I still can't believe how low the BHX Dubai and Doha figures were and considering every flight was rammed outbound from 24 May and inbound at the beginning of the month.
Pete