Six new airports planned
By Sunil K. Vaidya, Bureau Chief GULF NEWS Published: January 01, 2008, 23:09
Muscat: Oman will have six more regional airports, Minister of National Economy and Supervisor of the Ministry of Finance Ahmad Bin Abdul Nabi Makki announced while releasing Oman's 2008 budget yesterday.
"Work is underway on the designs for construction of six regional airports in Sohar, Al Duqm, Ras Al Had, Adam, Haima and Shaleem," he said, adding that the expansion plans for the Muscat and Salalah international airports were also on course.
"The Ministry of Transport and Communication and the ministerial committee commissioned for improving the two airports are now reviewing the designs and the detailed maps," he added.
"It is expected during the first half of the current year the tenders for the new runway will be invited," he revealed, adding that the drawing up of the designs for the airport's new building were also underway.
Justifying airports at smaller towns in the interior, Darwish Bin Esmail Al Balushi, secretary-general in the Ministry of Finance, said the move was to support the development of tourism as these places were major tourist attractions.
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