The total number of passengers at the Muscat International
Airport rose by 8.7% to 2.66 million at the end of February 2019, over the same
period of the previous year. Also, the total number of flights at the Muscat
International Airport rose 2.2% to 19,043 flights in February 2019, from 18,642
flights for the same period of 2018, according to the latest monthly statistics
released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The number of international flights at the Muscat
International Airport increased by 2.5% to 17,375 flights during the two-month period
of 2019, up from 16,948 flights for the same period of the previous year. Besides,
the total number of international passengers at the Muscat International
Airport rose by 9.2% at the end of February 2019, reaching 2.47 million
passengers. This included 1.24 million passenger arrivals, 1.22 million passenger
departures, and 2,145 passenger transits.
Meanwhile, domestic flights at the Muscat International
Airport fell by 1.5% to 1,668 flights at the end of the February 2019, against 1,694
flights for the same period of 2018. The arrival and departure of domestic flights
also dropped by 1.3% and 1.8%, respectively. The total number of domestic
passengers at the Muscat International Airport rose by 3% to 191,334 passengers
in February 2019, against 185,785 passengers for the same period of the
previous year. This included 94,609 passenger arrivals and 96,725 passenger
departures, the NCSI report showed.