MUSCAT: Indian nationals topped the list of passengers on departing and arriving flights through Muscat International Airport, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
A total of 111,226 Indian passengers departed and arrived through the airport at the end of April 2022, followed by the Bangladeshi nationality with a total of 42,145 passengers, and then the Pakistani nationality with a total of 29,228 passengers.
Meanwhile, the number of arriving passengers through various airports of the Sultanate of Oman recorded a remarkable growth of 100 percent by the end of April 2022.
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The number of departing passengers also increased by 69 percent during the same period. The number of passengers (arriving, departing and transit) stood at 2,324,007.
According NCSI, the number of international arriving and departing flights through Muscat, Sohar and Salalah airports recorded a rise of 89 percent during April 2022 to reach 15,261, compared to 8,075 during the same period in 2021.
