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In terms of passenger traffic during this year’s fall season, the airport recorded an increase in the number of passengers by more than 34 percent over the number of passengers for the same period in last year’s fall season. In July 2023 AD, the number of passengers exceeded 186 thousand passengers, compared to 138 thousand passengers in July of last year 2022 AD, and the number of passengers in August 2023 AD this year exceeded the barrier of 285 thousand passengers, while the number of passengers in August 2022 AD reached 212 thousand passengers. While not… The number of passengers before the pandemic exceeded 154,000 in July 2019, and the number also did not exceed 200,000 in August of the same year.
Salalah Airport succeeded in restoring its growth numbers to before the “Covid-19” pandemic, exceeding the numbers it achieved in 2019 and thus recording a full recovery from the repercussions of the pandemic that affected air traffic internationally. The airport also recorded an increase in air traffic during the fall season of this year, amounting to 29 percent in air traffic numbers and 434.% in the number of passengers during the fall season of this year 2023 until August 15, 2023 AD, compared to the same period in 2022 AD.
Air traffic at Salalah Airport witnessed an increase during the months of July and August of the current year 2023 AD, exceeding the numbers achieved last year and 2019 AD. Air traffic grew during last July 2023 AD to reach 1,424 flights, compared to 1,125 flights in July 2022 AD. In August this year, 1,744 flights were recorded, compared to 1,330 flights in August 2022, while air traffic before the pandemic amounted to 1,362 flights in July 2019 and 1,620 in August of the same year 2019.
In terms of passenger traffic during this year’s fall season, the airport recorded an increase in the number of passengers by more than 34 percent over the number of passengers for the same period in last year’s fall season. In July 2023 AD, the number of passengers exceeded 186 thousand passengers, compared to 138 thousand passengers in July of last year 2022 AD, and the number of passengers in August 2023 AD this year exceeded the barrier of 285 thousand passengers, while the number of passengers in August 2022 AD reached 212 thousand passengers. While not… The number of passengers before the pandemic exceeded 154,000 in July 2019, and the number also did not exceed 200,000 in August of the same year.
These numbers come to achieve a major leap in the growth of travel traffic and flights through Salalah Airport, a translation of the efforts made by the Commercial Operations Unit at Oman Airports within the framework of the “Oman Airports” strategy, to achieve recovery from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic that affected air traffic and travel internationally during In the years 2020 and 2021, through a comprehensive plan that was successfully implemented at Salalah Airport. The royal directives of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, may God protect him and protect him, to reduce fuel prices at Salalah Airport had positive dimensions that contributed to the mission of promoting the airport and the services provided through it, attracting a number of 10 companies. Gulf and Asian airlines operated direct flights to Salalah Airport from the airports of capitals and cities of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Calicut and Cochin airports in the Republic of India, and Lahore Airport in Pakistan. The interaction of Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, and the interaction of Salam Air and their increase in the number of daily flights to and from the airport also contributed.In response to the increased demand for travel to the Dhofar Governorate after the targeted media campaigns implemented by the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism and the competent authorities in the Dhofar Governorate to achieve this positive growth in air traffic and travelers alike.
Salalah Airport is one of the fastest growing airports in the Middle East region within the category of airports with a capacity of 2 million passengers since it began operating in 2015. Salalah Airport has achieved several awards during the recent period. It recently achieved the award for the best airports in the Middle East in terms of size and region for the most dedicated staff. In the Middle East, the easiest airport journey in the Middle East, the cleanest airport in the Middle East, and the best airport that receives less than 2 million passengers in the Middle East, as part of the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards, by the Airports Council International in partnership with the travel technology company “Amadeus.” “.
It is worth noting that Salalah Airport also recently received, for the fifth year in a row, a five-star rating from Skytrax in the 2023 World Airports Classification, in recognition of the high and prestigious level and the efforts made to enhance performance and the result of its constant endeavors to achieve the highest levels of operational excellence.
Salalah Airport was also crowned with four awards: the award for the best airport in the category of two million passengers in the Middle East, the award for the most dedicated airport staff in serving passengers in the Middle East, the award for the easiest travel procedures in the Middle East, and the award for the cleanest airport in the Middle East. Airports Council International, in partnership with travel technology company Amadeus, announced the names of the winners of the 2022 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards.
