07-05-2025
Bids invited for VE study of proposed Musandam Airport
Muscat: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has invited bids for consultancy services for a Value Engineering (VE) study for the development of Musandam airport.
The last date to get documents is May 11, while bids can be submitted until May 22.
Value engineering is a method to enhance a project's value by optimizing functions and reducing costs, often through material or method substitutions, without compromising quality.
It has been reported earlier that the final design of the proposed Musandam Airport has been completed, and a strategy is being prepared to start the tendering process.
Musandam Airport is expected to be ready in the second half of 2028. The project assumes significance due to operational challenges facing the current Khasab Airport, especially the possibility of operating services for 24 hours.
The project will be divided into phases. The first stage will include a 45-metre-wide runway. A passenger building (to handle 250,000 passengers annually) will be constructed in addition to an air traffic control tower, runway (2,520 metres long and 45 metres wide), taxiways, a fire station, equipment repair shops, a marine rescue station, and parking lots for aircraft.
There will be a new road 7-km leading to the airport. In the second phase, the runway will be expanded to 3,300 metres, capable of Airbus 330s, 350s and Boeing 787s and 777s, in addition to increasing the number of taxiways and parking lots for aircraft, an aircraft isolation yard and the terminal building (if required).
