Salalah: Oman Airports hosted an initial training to showcase the master plan for Salalah Airport City, which included a number of public and private stakeholders from the Dhofar Governorate. The goal was to highlight investment prospects, economic viability, and direct and indirect benefits of the initiative.
The workshop reflects Oman Airports' determination to build meaningful connections and institutional integration across several industries, hence promoting regional sustainability objectives.
The program featured a presentation of the master plan's initial results, with a focus on key economic sectors and planned property usage within the airport city.
Eng. Salim Al Harassi, Senior Director of Infrastructure Projects at Oman Airports, gave a detailed presentation on the plan's important components. He emphasized the project's important role in connecting the city with important sectors such as tourism and transportation.
The workshop also examined the project's completion stages and planned timeline, with Oman Airports reiterating its determination to use the greatest standards in building the city in accordance with national objectives for strengthening infrastructure and economic enablers.
It is important to highlight that Oman Airports has just completed the first direct airsea cargo transfer program between Salalah Port and Salalah Airport, a groundbreaking move to improve Oman's logistics integration by utilizing the proximity of the airport, port, and free zone.
The cargo terminal at Salalah Airport is a state-of-the-art facility covering 20,000 square meters with an annual handling capacity of 50,000 tons (expandable to 100,000 tons). It has cold storage for sensitive commodities as well as a 2,500-square-meter live animal handling facility.
Salalah Airport is one of Oman's major aviation gateways, offering excellent access to the Middle East and linking Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and the Far East.
