13 May 2009
MUSCAT -- TAV-CCC, a consortium of TAV Construction, a leading Turkish construction company, and Athens-based Consolidated Contractors Co (CCC), has won an RO450 million ($1.17 billion) contract of the Muscat International Airport expansion project.
Once the project is complete, the airport will have a brand new terminal building, 32 air bridges, two runways, a new cargo terminal and 6,000 parking spaces. The contract will take about 32 months to complete. The airport, formerly known as Seeb International, currently handles 4.5 million passengers a year. The first phase of the expansion project will allow for 12 million passengers and 200,000 tonnes of consignments a year. The new terminal building will have a net floor area of 240,000 square metres. "We have won the contract as a joint venture with TAV (Turkey)," said Zahi Saba, a senior CCC official here, yesterday. "The contract should be announced by the Omani authorities concerned within the next few weeks and work should start thereafter," he said.
Contract
"Awarding the contract confirms the government's commitment to move ahead with major projects," said Sunil Dhall of Gulf Baader Capital Markets later yesterday.
Bahwan Engineering Company has won a sub-contract from this venture to the tune of RO90 million, he added.
TAV Construction is a company, which specialises in the construction of airports, passenger terminals besides structures and buildings requiring high degree of engineering. It has undertaken several projects in the region. Other firms prequalified for the contract included France's Vinci, India's Larsen & Toubro and local firm Galfar Engineering Company.
The project will result in Muscat International Airport becoming one of the world's most ultra modern airports. Expansion works are planned in four stages ultimately boosting its capacity to 48 million passengers by 2050.
It is one of the largest infrastructure projects to be undertaken by the government in terms of value and size.
The number of arrival and departure passengers through Muscat International Airport, excluding transfer and transit passengers, has increased by 9 per cent by the end of February 2009 to 537,240 passengers compared to 493,268 passengers during the same period of the year 2008.
A number of improvement projects have already been initiated by the authorities concerned to deliver additional capacity to meet the expected increase in passenger traffic.
MUSCAT -- TAV-CCC, a consortium of TAV Construction, a leading Turkish construction company, and Athens-based Consolidated Contractors Co (CCC), has won an RO450 million ($1.17 billion) contract of the Muscat International Airport expansion project.
Once the project is complete, the airport will have a brand new terminal building, 32 air bridges, two runways, a new cargo terminal and 6,000 parking spaces. The contract will take about 32 months to complete. The airport, formerly known as Seeb International, currently handles 4.5 million passengers a year. The first phase of the expansion project will allow for 12 million passengers and 200,000 tonnes of consignments a year. The new terminal building will have a net floor area of 240,000 square metres. "We have won the contract as a joint venture with TAV (Turkey)," said Zahi Saba, a senior CCC official here, yesterday. "The contract should be announced by the Omani authorities concerned within the next few weeks and work should start thereafter," he said.
Contract
"Awarding the contract confirms the government's commitment to move ahead with major projects," said Sunil Dhall of Gulf Baader Capital Markets later yesterday.
Bahwan Engineering Company has won a sub-contract from this venture to the tune of RO90 million, he added.
TAV Construction is a company, which specialises in the construction of airports, passenger terminals besides structures and buildings requiring high degree of engineering. It has undertaken several projects in the region. Other firms prequalified for the contract included France's Vinci, India's Larsen & Toubro and local firm Galfar Engineering Company.
The project will result in Muscat International Airport becoming one of the world's most ultra modern airports. Expansion works are planned in four stages ultimately boosting its capacity to 48 million passengers by 2050.
It is one of the largest infrastructure projects to be undertaken by the government in terms of value and size.
The number of arrival and departure passengers through Muscat International Airport, excluding transfer and transit passengers, has increased by 9 per cent by the end of February 2009 to 537,240 passengers compared to 493,268 passengers during the same period of the year 2008.
A number of improvement projects have already been initiated by the authorities concerned to deliver additional capacity to meet the expected increase in passenger traffic.
© Times of Oman 2009
