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Passenger numbers at Muscat airport grow by 9.8pc till Sept

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MUSCAT: The total number of passengers at the Muscat International Airport grew by 9.8 per cent to 11,419,791 in the first nine months of 2018, over the same period last year. In addition, the total number of flights at the airport rose by 5.4 per cent to 89,045 flights during January-September period of 2018, from 84,454 flights for the same period last year, according to the latest monthly statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). The number of international flights at the airport increased by 6.9 per cent to 80,246 flights during January-September period of 2018, up from 75,076 flights for the same period of previous year.


Besides, the total number of international passengers at the airport during January-September period of this year was 10,510,374 passengers, which included an arrival of 5,233,907 passengers, departure of 5,260,719 and transit passengers to the extent of 15,748.


Domestic flights at the airport also fell by 6.2 per cent to 8,799 flights in the first nine months of 2018, against


9,378 flights for the same period last year.


The total domestic passengers marginally fell by 1.9 per cent to 909,417 in the first nine months of 2018, against 927,038 passengers for the same period last year.


The domestic passenger arrivals also declined by 2.5 per cent to 452,297 while domestic departures fell by 1.3 per cent to 456,848 passengers during January-September period of 2018, shows the NCSI report.


However, the total number of passengers at the Salalah International Airport fell by 10 per cent to 1.09 million passengers during January-September period of 2018, against 1.20 million passengers for the same period of last year.


The total number of flights at Salalah International Airport declined by 16.0 per cent to 9,513 during the first nine months of 2018, against 11,330 flights for the same period last year, shows the NCSI report.


While the total number of international flights at the Salalah International airport declined by 28.0 per cent to 3,251 during January-September period of 2018, the total number of international passengers showed a 24 per cent fall at 359,587 passengers. — ONA


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