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Muscat International Airport (formerly Seeb International Airport[1]) (IATA: MCT, ICAO: OOMS) is the main airport in Muscat, Oman. It is a hub of Oman Air, the national carrier of Oman. The distance from Old Muscat is 30 km and it is 15km from the main residential localities. At the moment the airport is being expanded and modernized. The airport will be upgraded to 12 million passengers during the initial stage and subsequently to 48 million. The initial stage is scheduled for completion in 2011. The airport was renamed on February 1, 2008 from the previous name, Seeb, to Muscat International Airport.[1]
[edit] Airport Statistics
Statistics for Muscat International Airport[2]
| Year |
Total Passengers |
Freight (tons) |
Total Aircraft Movements |
| 2000 |
2,720,983 |
68,639 |
38,184 |
| 2001 |
2,697,032 |
73,078 |
38,955 |
| 2002 |
2,450,422 |
46,934 |
39,555 |
| 2003 |
2,886,487 |
48,630 |
42,330 |
| 2004 |
3,461,982 |
67,151 |
43,622 |
| 2005 |
3,778,578 |
76,043 |
44,445 |
| 2006 |
4,777,747 |
99,582 |
53,695 |
| 2007 |
4,218,498 |
77,391 |
58,903 |
[edit] Expansions
The expansion project for Muscat International Airport will include a new modern terminal and a new runway that can handle the new Airbus A380. it will include a new control tower with a height of 90 meters, 32 aerobridges, a new cargo termial and extra 6,000 car spaces. Once the construction of the new runaway is done, the upgrade work will start on the existing one in order to allow it to handle the larger aircraft. the expansion work has already started by raising the ground and installing rain drainage systems to prepair the construction of the new terminal building which is expected to start in the second half of 2008[3]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Air Arabia (Sharjah)
- Air India (Abu Dhabi, Delhi, Mumbai)
- Air-India Express (Kozhikode, Kochi, Abu Dhabi, Mangalore, Trivandrum)
- Indian Airlines (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi)
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Chittagong, Dhaka, Dubai)
- British Airways (Abu Dhabi, London-Heathrow)
- Emirates Airline (Dubai)
- Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
- EgyptAir (Cairo)
- Gulf Air (Bahrain)
- Iran Aseman Airlines (Shiraz, Chah Bahar)
- Jazeera Airways (Dubai)
- Jet Airways (Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai)
- KLM (Amsterdam, Kuwait)
- Kuwait Airways (Abu Dhabi, Kuwait)
- Lufthansa (Doha, Frankfurt)
- Martinair (Amsterdam, Brussels, Colombo, Phuket, Sharjah)
- Oman Air (Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beirut, Cairo, Chittagong, Chennai, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jeddah, Karachi, Khasab, Kochi, Kozhikode , Kuwait, Lucknow, London-Gatwick, Mumbai, Riyadh, Salalah, Trivandrum)
- Pakistan International Airlines (Gwadar, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore)
- Qatar Airways (Doha)
- Royal Jordanian (Amman)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh)
- Shaheen Air International (Karachi, Lahore)
- SriLankan Airlines (Colombo)
- Swiss International Air Lines (Dubai, Zürich)
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
- Turkish Airlines (Abu Dhabi, Istanbul-Atatürk)
[edit] Cargo airlines
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Seeb Airport switches to new name," Khaleej Times
- ^ Traffic Statistics
- ^ Seeb International Airport, Oman
[edit] External links
