Top 10 Busiest Arab cargo airports: H1, 2012

10.Muscat International Airport

Cargo volume H1,2012: 59415 tonnes

Muscat enters the top ten after rapid growth in throughput in the first half of 2012. The airport handled 59 415 tonnes of cargo between January and June, a year on year increase of 22.8%.

Oman Air is currently the sole cargo handling agent at Muscat International Airport, but a new cargo facility with a capacity to handle 260,000 tonnes a year and will offer more investment opportunities, is planned. Officials have also revealed that the new expansion projects, the largest ever to be undertaken in Oman and designed to increase capacity to an initial 12 million passengers per annum, are on target to reach its completion in 2013.

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Posted by: RAH Thursday, 20 December 2012 9:43 PM[UAE] - Kuwait

The rank is incorrect.

Kuwait International Airport handled about 90,000 tonnes (approx figure) in H1/2012, this surpassing Muscat Airport. Kuwait should have been ranked in the 10th spot.

Obviosuly someone hasn't done their homework when calculating the ranks for 2012 causing an inaccurate report. Hope AB can ammend it accordingly.

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