
Over 1
Million Passengers Travel Through Oman’s Airports by Jan 2025
Muscat, 10 Mar
(ONA) — The total number of passengers travelling through the airports of the
Sultanate of Oman by the end of January 2025 reached 1,331,619. Meanwhile, the
total number of flights landing and departing from the airports of Oman by the
end of January 2025 reached 8,983 flights, according to preliminary statistics
issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The number
of passengers through Muscat International Airport by the end of January 2025
reached 1,200,339 passengers, comprising a decrease of 7%, of which 1,109,650
were international passengers and 90,689 were domestic passengers. The number
of flights through Muscat International Airport by the end of January 2025
reached 8,099 flights, of which 7,410 were international flights and 689 were
domestic flights.
Indian
nationals topped the number of passengers through Muscat International Airport
by the end of January 2025, with 90,081 passenger arrivals and 86,762 passenger
departures, followed by Omani nationals reaching 62,255 incoming passengers and
74,104 departures, and the Pakistani nationality with 30,355 arriving
passengers and 25,377 departures.
The number
of passengers through Salalah Airport reached 126,506 passengers, constituting an
increase of 5%. The passengers traveled on board 822 flights, rising by 1.6%.
The number of international flights through Salalah Airport reached 404
flights, carrying 59,429 passengers, while the number of domestic flights
reached 418 flights, with 67,077 passengers on board.
The number
of domestic passengers through Duqm Airport reached 4,774 passengers on 52
flights.
—Ends/AG