The first phase of an ambitious plan to expand and modernise Muscat International Airport will be launched shortly, the project will increase the airport’s handling capacity to 12 million annual passengers, the first phase is expected to be completed by 2011.

Further expansions planned in three subsequent phases will ultimately boost the airport’s capacity to 48 million passengers by 2050.

The development of Salalah Airport envisages an expansion of capacity to 1 million passengers by 2011.  Both airports have been conceived and designed to allow for further expansions to cater for future demand growth.