Muscat airport extension plans hit by sea problem

Reuters has reported. "The Muscat airport extension will now be completed in 2014, not in 2012 as expected due to soft ground which contractors come across in some places," a government official, who asked not to be named, told the news service. 

The airport currently handles about four million passengers a year and will be able to handle 12 million passengers after the extension. Oman is also building new airports at Duqm, Ras Al Hadd, Musandam and Sohar.