Muscat: Civil Aviation Authority Chairman Nayef Al Abri said that six new airports will be built in Oman. He stated this while speaking at the Future Aviation Forum in Riyadh.
He said that the new airports will become functional by 2028-29 and this will increase the number of airports in the country to 13. With the completion of these airports, the airports in Oman will be The number of passengers used will increase from 17 million to 50 million by 2040. will increase.
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The construction of the Musandam airport is in its final stages and is expected to be completed by the second half of 2028. Naif Al Abri said that the airport will be equipped to handle medium commercial aircraft such as Boeing 737 and Air 320. The new terminal will be able to handle 20 million passengers annually. Minal was opened in 2018 at Muscat Airport. A new terminal has also become a reality in Salalah. It handles two million tourists every year. . Apart from this, new airports at Dukam and Suhar and Sultanate Nate made it a reality.
In the first quarter of this year, 44,30,119 passengers arrived at Muscat airport. There has been an increase of 12.4 percent. In 2023, there were 37,92,212 pilgrims during the same period. These passengers are 4,29,181 in Salalah Airport, 22,390 in Suhar and 9,405 in Dukam. Received in the first quarter of the year.
