UN air safety boss visits new airport
MUSCAT: E-commerce will thrive in Oman after a home address system puts every house on the map by 2020, experts agree. Home delivery and web purchases are currently low in Oman thanks to the lack of a unified postal address system. Web sales make up less than 1 per cent of all purchases in the Sultanate, according to analysts.
The new, unified postal system will come to Oman by 2020, according to Muscat Municipality members, who revealed a four stage plan to have the home address system in place in time for the 2020 Census.
Ali bin Abdulredha bin Dawood Al Hashmani, a member of the Municipal Council and a representative of Muttrah, said: “In a recent Municipal Council meeting, the National Centre for Statistics and Information submitted the National Infrastructure for Geographic Information Project, which talked in detail about the Sultanate’s unified address system, which is going to be used in the census of 2020.”
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MUSCAT: Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) visited the new Muscat International Airport, said the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA).
Fang Liu, visited the New Muscat Airport with the Chief Executive Officer of PACA, Mohammed Nasser Al Azaabi.
The Secretary General came to the Sultanate to attend the fourth meeting of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in the Middle East Region, which began on October 17.
“The aim of the meeting is to promote civil aviation development and regional cooperation,” PACA said.
ICAO is a United Nations specialised agency, established in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
ICAO works with the Convention’s 191 member states and industry groups to reach a consensus on International Civil Aviation Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and policies in support of a safe, secure, economically sustainable and environmentally responsible civil aviation sector.