New Muscat airport opening date to be announced in a ’few days’

 The opening date of the new Muscat International Airport will be announced in "the coming few days", a government aviation official has announced.

Dr Mohammed Al Zaabi, Director of the General Authority of Civil Aviation, also said that 75 per cent of the airport trials were complete and the number of volunteers at the trials would be increased to 25,000.
 

Speaking about the new airport, Dr Zaabi said, "As we have already mentioned, it is undergoing operational trials. The percentage of completed trials exceeded more than 75 per cent and the remaining 11 trials will be implemented during the coming period.

"There was a great turnout on the trials from volunteers, now the number of volunteers will be raised from 17,000 volunteers to nearly 25,000 volunteers. There is great satisfaction with regards to trials and operating systems; we are in the final stages of trials. In the coming few days, you'll see the official announcement of the operation date of the new Muscat airport," he said.

Dr. Zaabi made the statements while inspecting the test aircraft of Airbus' new A350-1000 plane, that visited Muscat International Airport on Sunday.