New supplies terminal opens at Muscat airport

Muscat: The Ministry of Transport yesterday inaugurated a new supplies (catering) building at Muscat International Airport, a link in a chain of projects attached to the airport’s facility developed by the government to upgrade the Sultanate’s aviation services.
The ceremony was presided over by Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Futaisi, Minister of Transport.
The terminal is equipped with a composite set of world-class technologies keeping pace with the rapid growth in the aviation sector.
The building, set up on an area of 35,270 square metres, will provide state-of-the-art services in the field of supplies and catering.
The new building has a reception area of 2,718 sqm, compared to 1,050 sqm in the old building. It is designed to provide 35,000 meals a day and the capacity might increase to 50,000 meals a day at peak times, compared to 12,000 daily in the old building.