Muscat and Salalah airports are gateway to tourism in Sultanate

Muscat and Salalah airports are gateway to tourism in Sultanate

Muscat: Oman Airports on Saturday celebrated the fifth anniversary of the opening of Muscat International Airport, and the eighth anniversary of the opening of Salalah Airport. The two airports constitute the gateways to success for tourism and travel in the Sultanate of Oman and a strategic landmark of national achievements of the Renewed Renaissance led by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik. Since its opening on November 11, 2018, Muscat International Airport has jumped about 52 places in the list of the best airports in the world in the field of services and passenger satisfaction, competing with several international airports within its capacity category of 15-25 million passengers regionally and internationally. It also won a series of international awards that confirm its leadership in the aviation and travel sector, and was crowned with the award for the Best New Pioneering Airport for the year 2018, during the 25th edition of the World Travel Awards in Lisbon, Portugal, after which it continued its series of achievements in the field of travel and tourism. With regard to aspects of responding to health crises, Muscat International Airport played a positive role during the Covid-19 pandemic, as it was the first airport in the