Salalah: The overall number of passengers who left abroad via Muscat and Salalah airports topped 15,562,886 end of 2017.
The number of passengers travelled via Muscat International Airport grew 16.7 per cent (16.7pc) to stand at 14,034,865 end of December 2017, up from 12,031,496 in 2016.
Salalah Airport was the fastest growing, reporting a growth rate of 27pc as the number passengers leaving the country soared 1,528,021, up from 1,198, 596 by the end of 2016.
According to figures released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information, the overall number of flights at Muscat Airport topped 114,258 last year, up from 103, 326 – an increase of 10.6pc.
The civil aviation authorities at Salalah Airport reported 14,444 flights last year up from 10,148 in 2016 – up by 42.3pc.