Italian air navigation service provider, Enav, has been awarded a €5m ($5.3m) contract by the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority to construct and set up a control tower and technical building at Libya’s Mitiga airport.
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The new facilities, to be completed by the end of 2017, will offer all air navigation services and improve the operational efficiency and safety of flight operations at the airport.
Enav is also training 60 Libyan air traffic controllers, who will operate in the Libyan airspace after a long period of inactivity caused by the no-fly zone regulations in the country.
Aireon has signed an agreement with Spanish air navigation service provider, ENAIRE, to investigate the safety, efficiency and environmental benefits of using space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology in its controlled airspace.
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For the first time ever, ENAIRE will receive 100%, real-time visibility for 2.2 million km² of airspace through the space-based ADS-B system.
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By GlobalDataCompletion of the ADS-B system is scheduled for 2018, upon deployment of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation.
The Airport Authority of Hong Kong has awarded a construction contract to Leighton Asia, which is part of CIMIC Group construction company CPB Contractors.
The A$278m ($211.57m) contract includes construction of Terminal 1 (T1) annex building and expansion of Car park-4 at Hong Kong International airport.
Leighton will construct a seven-storey building with new check-in counters, baggage reclaim carousels, departure security screening channels and departure immigration counters, under the contract. A new 11-storey building, which will be linked to Car park-4 and T1 arrivals ramp, will also be built as part of the car park expansion.
Construction will begin in April 2017 and is scheduled for completion in 2019.
Image: Enav has secured a contract to construct control tower at Libya’s Mitiga airport. Photo: courtesy of Enav.
