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The Abu Dhabi Government has approved the construction of the new Midfield Terminal Complex (MTC) at Abu Dhabi International Airport (ADIA), UAE, which will serve as a primary gateway for...
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Dubai airports report rise in 2011 cargo volume
Dubai Airports, the owner of Dubai International and the new Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International Airport handled 2.3 million tonnes of cargo in...
Arabtec wins Dubai airport terminal 2 expansion contract
UAE-based Arabtec Construction has been awarded a AED561m ($152.7m) contract by Dubai Aviation City Corporation for the expansion of Dubai International...
Saudi airports to use e-gate ID systems
Saudi Arabia is to install e-gate systems at all its airports to improve passenger throughput and increase border control...
TAA to expand Julius Nyerere International Airport
The Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) is to construct a third terminal at Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es...
Ghana to create second international airport
Ghana is to finalise the financial arrangements for upgrading Tamale Airport in a bid to create the country's second international...
Saudi Arabia to expand King Khalid International Airport
Saudi Arabian officials have announced plans to expand the size of King Khalid International Airport in the capital Riyadh three-fold over the next five...
Lufthansa Consulting to prepare ground-handling roadmap for Iraqi airports
Lufthansa Consulting has secured a contract from the Iraqi Ministry of Transport to evaluate the ground-handling requirements of Baghdad International Airport and the airports of Basra and...
Dubai CAA to use Nav Canada's air traffic control information technology
Dubai Civil Aviation Authority's engineering projects group has selected Nav Canada's NAVCANstrips technology to manage its critical air traffic control...
Vanderlande to install baggage handling system at King Abdulaziz airport
Automated material handling systems developer Vanderlande Industries has secured a €125m contract to supply and install a baggage handling system at King Abdulaziz International Airport's...
Lekki-Epe International Airport to get $450m upgrade
The Lagos State Government has appointed Stanbic IBTC Bank as a financial adviser for the N71.64bn ($450m) first phase of the proposed Lekki-Epe International Airport...
Queen Alia airport to double passenger capacity
Jordan is to build a new terminal at Queen Alia International Airport in order to double its annual passenger...
Basil Read to build airport on St Helena
The Government of St Helena has awarded a R2.7bn ($339.44m) contract to South Africa-based Basil Read to design, build, operate and transfer an airport on the remote island of St Helena in...
Nigeria to modernise airports
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is to invest N19bn ($117.29m) in modernising the country's...
TAV-led consortium signs $1.5bn Medina airport contract
TAV Airports Holding, in a consortium with Al Rajhi Holding Group and Saudi Oger, has signed a $1.5bn deal with Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation to enhance the capacity...
Triacta Construction to build Bauchi airport runway
The government of the Nigerian state of Bauchi has signed a N7.9bn ($50.25m) contract with Triacta Construction Company (TCC) to build a 3.4km runway at Bauchi International...
Muscat airport starts passenger terminal project work
Muscat International Airport in Oman has started the construction of a new passenger terminal...
Aircraft tracking technology installed at Nnamdi Azikiwe airport
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has installed aircraft tracking technology at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Nigeria, to provide real-time tracking of all aircraft in the...
NAMA boosts air safety at Aminu Kano Airport
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) will install communication equipment at the northern sector of the new Aminu Kano Airport Tower under its N400m ($2.45m) VHF Radio Project and...
New Kuwait airport terminal design unveiled
Kuwait International Airport is to more than double its passenger capacity through a new terminal building, as part of the Gulf region's plans to spend $90bn on airport development by...
ESC upgrades Iraq air traffic control system
Electronic Systems Center (ESC) has delivered two new control tower systems and radar and ATC-tower simulators to Iraq to improve the country's air traffic control...
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