Muscat, Salalah airport traffic increases

MUSCAT: Registering an increase in air traffic, the number of travellers through Muscat International and Salalah Airports recorded a growth of 9.1% and 12.1% respectively during last April.

Passengers who travelled through the two airports during the same period reached 3,516,627, according to the latest data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

The number of travellers passing through Muscat International Airport, including the transferred and transit travellers, increased to reach 3,227,912 last April.

The number of international flights recorded through Muscat International Airport last April were 26,241; with an increase of 9.7% compared to the figures recorded during the same period of 2014. The number of passengers amounted to 2,956,632, an increase rate of 9.6%. The incoming passengers totalled to 1,499,826; while the number of departing passengers reached 1,439,998. The number of transit passengers reached 16,808 persons, recording an increase of 28.5% since 2014.

The number of travellers at the Salalah Airport until the end of last April reached 288,715, who travelled on board of 2,981 flights. The number of international flights through Salalah Airport was 1,120, an increase of 3.1% compared to the same period last year. The incoming travellers reached 45,387 passengers; with an increase rate of 18%; while the departing travellers reached 54,389 travellers with an increase rate of 24.8%.-