Added to the goals of hosting the world’s busiest airport and potentially the world’s biggest airline at some point, Dubai chalked up another record with its 13th air show in November 2013. Emphasising the growing dominance of Middle East airlines in global aviation, the big three aircraft manufacturers – Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier – came to...
The world’s longest, fully automated driverless railway system is about to get a lot longer. Although extensions and new lines have been part of the plan for some time, winning the 2020 World Expo bid has fast-tracked some of the expansion, especially in the Jebel Ali area. Work will begin in 2014 on an extension from the existing Red Line along...
Sohar’s significance as an economic engine for Oman’s modernisation programme becomes more evident each year. Its expanding port capacity, growing industrial estate, strategic location and attractive regulatory environment continue to lure new investments. The Greater Sohar Industrial Zone, also known as Gateway Sohar, includes the Sohar...
The Oman National Railway Project proposes to link the sultanate’s commercial centres to its main maritime gateways, from Sohar to Salalah, and open up new land corridors. Further plans to connect this system to the GCC rail network would link Salalah, Oman’s biggest trans-shipment hub, directly to Kuwait City, providing a land route for freight...
While airport projects received the majority of funding from Oman’s eighth five-year plan, land link developments look set to steal the spotlight in 2014. As well as moving forward on a series of major highway upgrades, Oman’s national railway project is finally set to break ground. The Oman Railway Company (ORC) is moving closer to floating...
With more than 3000 km of coastline, a total land area of roughly 300,000 sq km and a pivotal location at the crossroads of East Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, Oman is positioned to capitalise on infrastructure growth both domestically within the broader region.
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