Oman and Egypt will spend $2.95 billion in the next few years to expand and rebuild major airports in a bid to boost tourism and cargo capacity. Dubai and Bahrain have also announced significant expansion plans for their airports in order to become global aviation hubs.
A consortium of San Francisco-based Bechtel, Turkey’s Enka Construction Co. and Oman’s Bahwan Engineering Company LLC has been awarded a $1.8-billion contract to build a 360,000-square-meter passenger terminal complex at Muscat International Airport in Oman. Scheduled for completion in 2014, the terminal is the largest project ever undertaken in Oman. The effort is part of a strategic government initiative to develop the country into a tourist destination.