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3.3. 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 2015. In terms of
geographical classification, Turkey, UAE, and Saudi Arabia in the MENA; Nigeria, Togo, and
Mozambique in 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 (2015)
MENA Sub-Saharan Africa Asia
Turkey 96,604,665 Nigeria 3,223,460 Indonesia 88,685,767
UAE 84,738,480 Togo 769,905 Malaysia 50,347,150
Saudi Arabia 32,778,828 Mozambique 686,893 Pakistan 8,467,828
Qatar 25,263,224 Sudan 496,178 Kazakhstan 5,081,632
Iran 15,003,958 Cote d'Ivoire 359,261 Bangladesh 2,906,799
Egypt 10,159,464 Cameroon 267,209 Uzbekistan 2,486,673
Morocco 6,786,850 Mauritania 248,159 Turkmenistan 2,138,390
Oman 6,365,784 Gabon 137,331 Afghanistan 1,929,908
Algeria 5,910,836 Burkina Faso 122,589 Azerbaijan 1,803,112
Bahrain 5,313,756 Senegal 115,356 Brunei Darussalam 1,150,003
Kuwait 3,655,366 Benin 112,392 Tajikistan 802,470
Tunisia 3,496,190 Uganda 41,812 Kyrgyz Republic 625,294
Jordan 3,065,145 Niger 15,243 Suriname 259,682
Lebanon 2,583,275 Gambia, The 3,036
Libya 2,566,466
Yemen 1,388,000
Iraq 484,804
Source: Author from the World Bank World Development Indicators