27 October 2010
By A. E. James
MUSCAT: A consortium of US-based Bechtel, Bahwan Engineering Company (BEC) and Turkey's INCA has been awarded a major contract to build a new passenger terminal for the Muscat International Airport, as part of a massive expansion project.
The RO706 million-project was awarded to the consortium by the Tender Board at its meeting on Monday, it was reliably learnt.
The airport terminal, which will be completed within 38 months, will be designed to handle 12 million passengers annually. The Bechtel-led consortium won the contract amid stiff competition from other contracting firms, including Cyprus-based Joannou & Paraskeevaides (Overseas) , Consolidated Contracting with TAV and Galfar Engineering and Contracting with Larsen & Toubro.
No comments
However, a senior Bechtel official based in Dubai declined to comment on winning the contract by saying, "I don't want to comment anything at this moment."
A senior official of the Ministry of Transport and Communications recently said that the Muscat International Airport expansion will be ready for opening by March 2014.
The airport is designed in such a way to scale up the terminal passenger handling capacity to 24 million at a later stage.
The main facilities at Muscat airport will be completed by end-2013, but there will be a trial and readiness testing period. Therefore, the passenger terminal building, northern runway and air traffic control (ATC) tower and air traffic management (ATM) system will be opened by March 2014.
The main features of the expansion scheme include a new dual independent runways operations system, a new fuel farm and fuel network and new air traffic control tower.
The Muscat International Airport, which is designed to accommodate large Airbus 380 plane, will have 29 aircraft contact stands and 10 to 30 remote parking stands, depending on phasing options.
Once operational, the airport will also have 60 departure check-in counters for economy class and another 24 counters for passengers of other class, which is in addition to several kiosks for easy check-in. The departure section also will have 29 boarding gates for different destinations, and another 15 boarding gates for remote aircraft stands.
Arrival section
As far as arrival section is concerned, there will be six international and two domestic carousels and 60 immigration counters, including 16 e-counters.
Further, there will be 24 counters, including four e-counters, for transit passengers and an airside transit hotel with 90 rooms.
As far as the car parking at the expanded Muscat airport is concerned, there will be 6,800 parking slots, including 4,700 covered ones.
A joint venture of Turkey's TAV and Athens-based Consolidated Contractors Co (CCC) is building a runway, taxiway system, aprons, roads and utility buildings. The consortium won the RO450 million worth contract last year.
By A. E. James
MUSCAT: A consortium of US-based Bechtel, Bahwan Engineering Company (BEC) and Turkey's INCA has been awarded a major contract to build a new passenger terminal for the Muscat International Airport, as part of a massive expansion project.
The RO706 million-project was awarded to the consortium by the Tender Board at its meeting on Monday, it was reliably learnt.
The airport terminal, which will be completed within 38 months, will be designed to handle 12 million passengers annually. The Bechtel-led consortium won the contract amid stiff competition from other contracting firms, including Cyprus-based Joannou & Paraskeevaides (Overseas) , Consolidated Contracting with TAV and Galfar Engineering and Contracting with Larsen & Toubro.
No comments
However, a senior Bechtel official based in Dubai declined to comment on winning the contract by saying, "I don't want to comment anything at this moment."
A senior official of the Ministry of Transport and Communications recently said that the Muscat International Airport expansion will be ready for opening by March 2014.
The airport is designed in such a way to scale up the terminal passenger handling capacity to 24 million at a later stage.
The main facilities at Muscat airport will be completed by end-2013, but there will be a trial and readiness testing period. Therefore, the passenger terminal building, northern runway and air traffic control (ATC) tower and air traffic management (ATM) system will be opened by March 2014.
The main features of the expansion scheme include a new dual independent runways operations system, a new fuel farm and fuel network and new air traffic control tower.
The Muscat International Airport, which is designed to accommodate large Airbus 380 plane, will have 29 aircraft contact stands and 10 to 30 remote parking stands, depending on phasing options.
Once operational, the airport will also have 60 departure check-in counters for economy class and another 24 counters for passengers of other class, which is in addition to several kiosks for easy check-in. The departure section also will have 29 boarding gates for different destinations, and another 15 boarding gates for remote aircraft stands.
Arrival section
As far as arrival section is concerned, there will be six international and two domestic carousels and 60 immigration counters, including 16 e-counters.
Further, there will be 24 counters, including four e-counters, for transit passengers and an airside transit hotel with 90 rooms.
As far as the car parking at the expanded Muscat airport is concerned, there will be 6,800 parking slots, including 4,700 covered ones.
A joint venture of Turkey's TAV and Athens-based Consolidated Contractors Co (CCC) is building a runway, taxiway system, aprons, roads and utility buildings. The consortium won the RO450 million worth contract last year.
© Times of Oman 2010
