The monument of nation’s pride

›Continued from tribute to the foresight and dogged determination to succeed of which we should all be proud,” he added.

The retail outlets are located on both sides of the building and cover an area of 12,000 square metres. There are lounges for first class and business class passengers, and offices for airlines, car rental agencies, information, and other services. The building also accommodates a four-star hotel with 90 rooms, swimming pools, and food lounges.

Equipped with an ample parking facility of 8,000 parking spaces in total, the northern car park which has five levels and accommodates over 1,100 parking slots, while the fivelevel southern car park can accommodate some 1,200 parking spots. The external works of the Muscat International Airport Project include 2,054 covered parking slots, 2,262 open parking spots, and 406 parking spaces for airport employees.

Naama Al Ghaithy, one of the participants of the airport trails commented, “I was excited to be at the new airport during the trials. It was wonderful. Everybody loves to travel, now we can travel in style. The interiors are beautiful and well designed. There are numerous check-in counters, unlike the present airport which will reduce the waiting hours and make our travel smoother. The new airport has elevated the standards of our travel to an international level.”

The first flight at the new Muscat International Airport is expected to land at approximately 6pm, and the final flight from the old Muscat International Airport will take off at 3pm today.

From today onwards, all international and domestic flights will be operated from the new Muscat International Airport and passengers are required to adhere to strict reporting time of three hours before their flight’s scheduled time of departure, while those who need to cancel their visas need to report four hours before the time of departure.

This is applicable for, both, international and domestic flights.