Muscat – Thales, a leading provider of security solutions for critical infrastructure, has been selected by the Oman Ministry of Transport and Communications for the realization of integrated security solutions for the Muscat International Airport and the new airport of Salalah. Thales will provide advanced technologies to ensure the protection of infrastructure and travelers. Italy has had a central and decisive role in the acquisition of the order. Thales has chosen Florence as the home to it world competence center on global security solutions and operational management, which has helped make great strides in integrated security and operational management for airports, inventing the Boarding Pass Control System and the Airport Operation Control Center. The contract in Oman follows the recent successes at the airport of Lyon (2014) and other airports in the Middle East. (9Colonne)
