Guesstimate: sizing daily air traffic on the London-to-Dubai route

Estimate how many flights go from London to Dubai on a typical day. ```hint Two routes to a number Decide whether to start from the people who travel the route or from the airlines that fly it, and keep the other angle in reserve as a sanity check. ``` ### Clarifying Questions - Should I count only nonstop passenger flights, or also cargo flights and itineraries with a stop? - Is it one direction, London to Dubai, or flights in both directions? - Does London mean all of the city's airports rather than only the largest one? - Is a typical day an average across the year, or a day in peak season? ### What a Strong Answer Covers - Scoping the count: passenger versus cargo, nonstop versus connecting, direction, airports and season - A clear equation in which every assumption is labeled and rounded - Realistic aircraft size and load factor for a long-haul route, with correct arithmetic - A sanity check from an independent angle that lands in a similar range - Recognizing what makes this route unusual, such as Dubai's role as a connecting hub ### Follow-up Questions - How would your answer change if you counted both directions, or included itineraries with one stop? - Why can this route support more flights than travel between the two cities alone would suggest? - How would you turn the flight count into an estimate of daily ride-hailing pickups at Dubai's arrival terminals generated by this route?