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3.4. AIR TRANSPORT
There is a large variation in the air traffic figures between the OIC Member States. On the one
hand, several OIC countries achieve highest air traffic globally. As can be seen in Table 12, there
are four airports from the OIC region that are ranked in the top 30 busiest airports in terms of
passenger transport and again four airports in terms of air cargo traffic.
Table 12: OIC airports ranked in the top 30 (2013)
PASSENGER CARGO
City (Airport) Passengers City (Airport) Metric Tonnes
Dubai, UAE 66,431,533 Dubai, UAE 2,435,567
Jakarta, Indonesia 60,137,347 Doha, Qatar 883,264
Istanbul, Turkey 51,304,654 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 713,254
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 47,498,127 Abu Dhabi, UAE 712,488
Source: Author from Airports Council International
On the other hand, several OIC member countries lack an operating airport and accordingly fail
to experience any air traffic movement. As can be seen in Table 13, among all OIC countries,
Turkey, Indonesia, and UAE had the highest air passenger traffic in 2016. In terms of
geographical classification, Turkey, UAE, and Saudi Arabia in the MENA; Nigeria, Mozambique,
and Togoin the Sub-Saharan Africa; and Indonesia, Malaysia, and Pakistan in the Asia were the
top three OIC member countries with highest air passenger movement. Nevertheless, almost
two thirds of the air passengers is carried at MENA region while one third is carried at Asia.
Table 13: Air passengers carried at the OIC Member States (2016)
MENA Sub-Saharan Africa Asia
Turkey 100.366.461 Nigeria 4.494.225 Indonesia 96.529.128
UAE 92.160.692 Mozambique 632.965 Malaysia 53.817.353
Saudi Arabia 34.512.330 Togo 475.186 Pakistan 9.628.354
Qatar 31.209.097 Cote d'Ivoire 428.598 Kazakhstan 5.007.869
Iran 15.520.080 Cameroon 343.592 Bangladesh 3.815.870
Egypt 12.430.628 Sudan 292.843 Uzbekistan 2.383.631
Morocco 7.738.637 Mauritania 280.215 Azerbaijan 1.961.639
Oman 7.642.056 Burkina Faso 144.950 Afghanistan 1.917.923
Algeria 6.093.415 Gabon 77.320 Maldives 1.409.704
Bahrain 5.220.218 Uganda 52.186 Turkmenistan 1.318.350
Kuwait 4.005.345 Gambia, The 44.330 Brunei Darussalam 1.168.609
Tunisia 3.606.247 Niger 15.044 Tajikistan 1.037.897
Jordan 3.181.283 Senegal 9.873 Kyrgyz Republic 583.997
Lebanon 2.647.258 Somalia 4.485
Libya 1.283.181
Yemen, Rep. 828.497
Iraq 491.963
Source: Author from the World Bank World Development Indicators