Over 3.9 million passengers travelled through Oman airports

  • Date: 16-Dec-2020
  • Source: Times of Oman
  • Sector:Tourism
  • Country:Oman
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Over 3.9 million passengers travelled through Oman airports

Muscat: The total number of passengers travelling through airports in the Sultanate (Muscat, Salalah, Sohar and Duqm) at the end of September 2020 reached 3.90 million passengers. Meanwhile, the number of flights landing and departing from Muscat, Salalah and Sohar International Airports at the end of September 2020 reached 28,455 flights, according to the latest data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).The total number of passengers at Muscat International Airport fell by 70.9% to 3.52 million passengers at the end of September 2020, over the same period of the previous year. Meanwhile, the total number of flights at Muscat International Airport also fell by 66.6% to 29,401 flights at the end of September 2020, from 88,119 flights for the same period of 2019.The number of international flights at Muscat International Airport was 26,774 flights at the end of September 2020, falling 66.6% over the same period of 2019. Meanwhile, the total number of international passengers at the Muscat International Airport fell by 71.1% at the end of September 2020, reaching 3.25 million passengers. This included 1.55 million passenger arrivals, 1.68 million passenger departures, and 7,858 passenger transits.Meanwhile, domestic flights at Muscat International Airport fell by 66.9% to