Over 134% surge in international flights at Oman’s airports

Muscat: The number of international flights arriving and departing through the airports of Muscat, Salalah and Sohar witnessed a growth of 134.5 percent until the end of November 2022, to reach about 57,939 flights, compared to the same period in 2021, when the number reached 24,710 flights, according to what she indicated. To the statistics issued by the National Center for Statistics and Information.

The statistics showed that the number of arrivals through the airports of the Sultanate of Oman recorded a significant increase by 142 percent, bringing the total number of arrivals, departures and “transit” passengers at the airports of Muscat, Salalah, Sohar and Duqm to 8,764,286 passengers until the end of November 2022, and the number of departures increased by 111 percent compared to In the same period of 2021.

Incoming and outgoing international and domestic flights through Muscat International Airport increased by 110.3 percent, to reach 61,296 flights until the end of last November, carrying 7,602,856 passengers.

Salalah Airport also recorded a significant increase in the number of international and domestic flights, by 73.8 percent, as the number of flights through the airport reached 7,940 until the end of November 2022, transporting 1,30,829 passengers.

As for the number of international and domestic flights departing and arriving from Sohar Airport, it amounted to 743 flights until the end of November 2022, transporting 69,066 passengers, while Duqm Airport recorded 598 incoming and outgoing domestic flights until the end of November 2022 compared to 570 flights during the same period in 2022. while the number of passengers reached 61,535 passengers until the end of November 2022, compared to 44,486 passengers until the end of November 2021, with an increase of 38.3 percent.

Passengers of the Indian nationality most used Muscat International Airport for departing and arriving flights through the airport, with a total of 120,684 passengers by the end of November 2022, followed by the Bangladeshi nationality, with a total of 48,313 passengers, and the Pakistani nationality, with a total of 37,375 passengers.