United Kingdom News
LONDON, UK, Mar 24, 2016 – To support the ambitious growth plans of both Muscat and Salah International Airports as well as the national carrier, Oman Air, Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC) has agreed a 7 year contract with Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) for its suite of BEONTRA forecasting solutions.
Mark Cooper of Lockheed Martin and Mr Aimen Ahmed Al Hosni, Oman Airport Management Company CEO agreed the deal at Passenger Terminal Expo in Cologne
OAMC will use the BEONTRA tools, B Tactical and B Capacity, 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 will play a key role to support decision-making and will enable greater collaboration between the commercial and operational departments to optimize existing infrastructure.
At the signing of the agreement at Passenger Terminal Expo in Cologne recently, Mr Aimen Ahmed Al Hosni, CEO of OAMC said: “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.”
Mark Cooper, Lockheed Martin’s Managing Director Transportation said “OAMC have 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.”
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