The new terminal at Salalah Airport envisages an expansion of capacity to 1 million passengers annually by 2014.  The airport has been designed to allow for further expansions to cater for future demand growth to 2 and 6 million passengers annually when the demand is required.

The expansion of Salalah Airport is part of a strategic offensive to develop Salalah as a tourist destination. The town is located 1,000 km south of the capital Muscat, and with a much cooler climate during the summer months, it's a magnet for both Omanis and other Arabs.

New Salalah Airport Facts
 

Description	Facts
Terminal Building Capacity – Stage 1	1 million passengers per annum (mppa)
Terminal Building Capacity – Stage 2 / 3 / 4	2 / 4 / 6 mppa
Total Gross Floor Area Terminal Building	65,638 m²
Car Parking Capacity	1957
Air Traffic Control Tower Height	57m
Existing runway	Will become a parallel taxiway
New runway Specifications	4,000m x 60m
Boarding Bridges / Contact Stands	8
Remote Aircraft Stands	10
Check-In Counters	25
Self service check-in kiosks	4
Emigration Counters - Departures	10
Immigration Counters – Arrivals	20
Arrivals Carousels	2 International + 1 Domestic
Transfer Counters	4
Cargo Terminal Capacity	100,000 tons per annum
Aircraft Hangar Capacity	1 wide body

Contracts for Salalah Airport

COWI, in a joint venture with Larsen Architects and Copenhagen Airports, are principal consultants on the expansion of Salalah Airport in Oman.  As principal consultant, COWI is heading up the joint venture that will carry out the large-scale airport project from planning and designing to supervision of the building works. The assignment comprises runways, approach roads, terminals, baggage handling systems, control tower and all the other buildings and installations needed in a modern airport. The aim is to design a state-of-the-art airport offering passengers a supreme degree of comfort and safety.

 adpi, the subsidiary of Aeroports de Paris, are the project management consultants for the development of Salalah Airport.   adpi is providing project management consulting service and supervision of the engineering phase, overview of tender allocations, supervision of building phases and supervision of preparation for startup.

The project has been divided into various main contracts and standard national contracts.

Main and Standard National Contracts for the New Salalah Airport

Contracts	Description	Contract Awarded to
Project Management	Project Management Consulting Service	adpi
Principal Consultant	Principal Consultant for Design and Supervision	COWI - Larsen Joint Venture
MC5	Construction of new Terminal Building, new runway and other related work	Galfar Engineering & Contracting and Larsen & Toubro - Joint Venture
MC6	IT & Security Systems	Ultra Electronics
MC7	Operational Readiness & Airport Transfer (ORAT)	Munich Airport
MC8	Baggage Handling Systems	Vanderlande Industries
SNC9	Air Traffic Management Systems	Indra
SNC10	Navigational Aids Systems	Thales
SNC11	Passenger Boarding Bridges	To be awarded
MC12	Detail Design and Construction of Cargo and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Facilities	To be awarded
MC13	Detail Design and Construction of Catering Facilities	To be awarded

MC-Main Contract
SNC-Standard National Contract

Other Contracts Awarded for the New Salalah Airport

Contract Description	Contract Awarded to
Design and Construction Supervision services of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Hangars and Cargo facilities	Ghafari Associates LLC
Design and Construction Supervision of In-Flight catering facilities	Al-Hatmy Engineering