Saturday, 21 March 2015

Oman Airport


Muscat International Airport

Muscat International Airport (IATA: MCT, ICAO: OOMS), also called Seeb International Airport is the largest airport in Oman and the main hub of the national carrier Oman Air. Situated 32 km from Muscat, the capital of Oman, spread over an area of 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi). The airport currently has one terminal with another due to be completed in 2014. The new terminal will have capacity of 12 million passengers a year. 

History

The airport opened as Seeb International Airport in 1973, replacing a smaller airfield located in Bayt al Falaj.
The base was used by a detachment of Vickers VC10 tankers from No. 101 Squadron RAF during the Gulf War training with Royal Air ForceSEPECAT Jaguars.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air ArabiaRas al-Khaimah, Sharjah
Air BlueKarachi, Lahore
Air IndiaBangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai
Air India ExpressKochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Thiruvanathapuram
Biman Bangladesh AirlinesChittagong, Dhaka
British AirwaysAbu Dhabi, London-Heathrow
Egypt AirCairo
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa
EmiratesDubai-International
Etihad AirwaysAbu Dhabi
FlyDubaiDubai-International
Gulf AirBahrain
IndiGoMumbai
Iran Aseman AirlinesShiraz
Jet AirwaysKochi, Mumbai, Thiruvanathapuram
KLMAmsterdam, Doha
Kuwait AirwaysKuwait
LufthansaAbu Dhabi (ends 29 March 2015),Frankfurt
Oman AirAbu Dhabi, Amman-Queen Alia, Bahrain, Bangalore, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beirut, Cairo, Chennai, Chittagong,Colombo, Dammam, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Dhaka (begins 1 August 2015),[5] Doha, Dubai-International, Duqm,Frankfurt, Goa (begins 1 April 2015), Hyderabad, Islamabad, Jaipur, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Jeddah, Karachi,Kathmandu, Khasab, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lahore, London-Heathrow, Lucknow, Male, Manila,Medina, Milan-Malpensa, Mumbai, Munich, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Riyadh, Salalah, Singapore (begins 29 March 2015),[6] Sohar, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Thiruvanathapuram, Zanzibar, Zürich
Pakistan International AirlinesGwadar, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot, Turbat
Qatar AirwaysDoha
Rotana JetAbu Dhabi[7]
SaudiaJeddah, Medina, Riyadh
Shaheen AirLahore, Peshawar, Sialkot
Sri Lankan AirlinesColombo
SpiceJetAhmedabad
Swiss International Air LinesDubai-International, Zürich
Thai AirwaysBangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Karachi
Turkish AirlinesBahrain (ends 29 March 2015), Istanbul-Atatürk
United AirwaysChittagong, Dhaka

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
CargoluxHong Kong, Luxembourg
DHL CargoDubai-International
MartinairAmsterdam, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Sharjah, Singapore[8]

Oman Air

Oman Air Logo.svg Oman Air, the national carrier of Oman is based on the grounds of Muscat International Airport.

Traffic statistic

YearTotal passengersTotal Freight including Mail in TonsTotal Civil Aircraft movements
20138,310,927120,04081,244
20127,546,715113,26973,842
20116,479,86098,78068,696
20105,751,51696,39067,160
20094,556,50264,41955,330
20084,002,12158,48645,600
20074,220,42977,29245,655
20064,777,74799,52946,319

    1. Muscat, Oman
      Muscat International Airport, Address
  1. الشركة العمانية لإدارة المطارات

    www.omanairports.com/
    Muscat International Airport

    Muscat, Oman
    +968 24 519223

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