Oman selects Lockheed’s solution for Muscat, Salalah airports

Muscat: To support the ambitious growth plans of both Muscat and Salalah international airports as well as Oman Air, Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC) has signed a seven-year contract with US-based aerospace and security giant Lockheed Martin for its suite of Beontra forecasting solutions.
Having welcomed more than 10 million passengers to Muscat International airport in 2015, OAMC is on the way to achieving its vision of becoming a top 20 global airport by 2020 having demonstrated impressive 18 per cent year-on-year growth.
“We achieved record growth last year surpassing 10 million passengers for the first time. To help us continue this trend, we wanted to work with a partner who has a global reputation for product innovation, successful delivery and first-class support. The team at Lockheed Martin absolutely fits each criteria,” said Aimen Ahmed Al Hosni, chief executive officer of Oman Airports Management Company, after the signing of the agreement at Passenger Terminal Expo in Cologne, Germany.
Oman Airports Management Company will use the Beontra tools, B Tactical and B Strategic, to forecast and effectively manage the impact of this steep growth curve on both strategic planning and day-to-day operations and will help the airports generate accurate resource plans to ensure passenger experience is never compromised.
The Beontra suite used for airports around the globe will play a key role to support decision-making and will enable greater collaboration between the commercial and operational departments to optimise existing infrastructure.
“OAMC has a single-minded vision of becoming one of the world’s top 20 airports by the end of the decade. It’s an impressive objective and I have no doubts that our team will have a positive impact on how OAMC achieves its goal,” added Mark Cooper, managing director (Transportation) at Lockheed Martin.
The company’s traffic, capacity and revenue planning software is used in some of the world's major airports, including in Dubai, London Heathrow, Sydney, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Schiphol and Munich, Lockheed said. Beontra has more than 40 airport operator customers across five continents.