Record Passenger Numbers for Muscat International and Salalah Airports During 2011

Passenger traffic has reached record numbers at Muscat International Airport, for the first time in history passenger numbers exceeded 6 million, in actual 6.4m passengers travelled through the airport in 2011 compared to 5.7 passengers in 2010 an increase of 12%, the highest month of the year was in July 2011 with 623,119 passengers travelling, as the holy month of Ramadhan started in August and most holiday travellers preferred to travel and return during the month of July, this month also coincides with school holidays in Oman where majority of Omani and expatriate families tend to travel abroad, the highest day of the year was on Thursday 22 December 2011 with 23,613 passengers travelling, this being the weekend before the Christmas holidays, it also coincides with the school mid-term holidays where majority of expatriate families tend to travel abroad.