#OmanPride: 1 millionth passenger in under 10 months for Salalah Airport

More sports Sunday 23/October/2016 23:10 PM
By: Times News Service
#OmanPride: 1 millionth passenger in under 10 months for Salalah Airport

Muscat: In a clear indication of the growth of air traffic to and from the governorate of Dhofar, Salalah Airport has exceeded the one millionth passenger milestone in less than ten months of operations.
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The airport ended 2015 having served 1,027,578 passengers which, according to Salim bin Awad Al Yafaei, General Manager of Salalah Airport, indicates that the airport has witnessed a growth in passenger traffic of 19 per cent. He also stated that if this growth rate holds steady, the airport will reach the two million visitor milestone in less than four years.
Salalah Airport began receiving international direct flights this year, which has reflected positively on the number of passengers using the airport, growing from 789,836 passengers at the end of September 2015 to reach 932,938 passenger by the end of September this year; a number which has since exceeded the one million milestone on October 15, 2016.
In fact, the months of July and August witnessed the highest passenger traffic of the year. The airport saw 133,654 passenger in July and subsequently topped off at the peak of the fall season in August with 197,956 passengers, recording the highest monthly passenger rate so far this year.
As gateway to the Dhofar region, Salalah Airport began operations in June 2015.