
Over 2.5
Million Passengers Travel Through Oman Airports by End of Feb 2025
Muscat, 15
Apr (ONA) — The total number of passengers travelling through the airports of
the Sultanate of Oman by the end of February 2025 reached 2,535,246.
Meanwhile,
the total number of flights landing and departing from the airports of the
Sultanate of Oman by the end of February 2025 reached 16,705 flights, according
to preliminary statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and
Information (NCSI).
The number
of passengers traveling through Muscat International Airport by the end of
February 2025 reached 2,280,280 passengers, compared to 2,463,856 passengers
during the same period in 2024, comprising a decrease of 7.5%. The number of
flights through Muscat International Airport by the end of February 2025
reached 15,133 flights, a decline of 11% compared to 16,996 flights in the same
period last year.
Omani
nationals topped the number of passengers through Muscat International Airport
by the end of February 2025, with 82,244 passenger arrivals and 62,816
passenger departures, followed by Indian nationals reaching 75,510 incoming passengers
and 70,908 departing passengers, and Pakistani nationality with 24,876 arriving
passengers and 22,905 departing passengers.
The number
of passengers through Salalah Airport reached 244,950 passengers, comprising an
increase of 5.4% compared to 232,077 passengers in the same period in 2024. The
passengers travelled on board 1,444 flights a decrease of 8.1% from 1,572
flights during the same period last year.
Sohar
Airport recorded a significant decrease in the number of flights by 74.5% by the
end of February 2025, with 28 flights compared to 110 flights in the same
period of the previous year. The total number of passengers also dropped by
98%, reaching 226 passengers compared to 11,410 passengers by the end of
February 2024.
As for Duqm
Airport, it experienced a 3.8% decline in the number of flights by the end of
February 2025, recording 100 flights compared to 104 flights in the same period
of the previous year. The number of passengers also decreased by 3.3%, reaching
10,150 passengers compared to 10,492 passengers by the end of February 2024.
—Ends/AG