Oman airports witness 135% jump in passengers

Oman airports witness 135% jump in passengers

The number of departing passengers by May went up by 94 percent compared to 2021.

Muscat: International flights via Muscat, Salalah and Sohar airports in Oman registered an increase of 113 percent to 20,640 flights by the end of May 2022, as against 9,679 flights during the corresponding period in 2021.

According to the report issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information, the number of passenger arriving at the Sultanate airports (including transit passengers) saw a 135 percent increase to 3,045,519 passengers by the end of May 2022, while the number of departing passengers grew by 94 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2021.

The overall number of flights (internal and international — arrivals and departures put together) via Muscat International Airport grew by 90.2 percent to 21,930 at the end of May 2022. These flights carried as many as 2,628,203 passengers, compared to 1,235,740 passengers onboard 11,533 flights during the corresponding period in 2021.

Salalah Airport registered a 68.9 percent increase in the number of flights (internal and international) to 2,743 flights by the end of May 2022. In a breakup, the NCSI’s figures show that the number of international flights via Salalah Airport surged by 162.7 percent, while internal