French engineer Alstom has won an $84m contract to upgrade the automated people mover at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. Alstom will integrate 10 additional vehicles in the…

Construction has begun on a $9bn expansion and renovation project at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), the world’s second busiest by passenger traffic. The first phase of the DFW…

A team led by Austrian architect Coop Himmelb(l)au and Perkins & Will subsidiary Dar Al-Handasah has won a competition to design and masterplan the next phase of Al Maktoum International…

The $2.6bn expansion and renovation of terminal three at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has got under way. The project will add 18,600 sq m to the building, which will…

UK consultant Mace has been awarded a delivery partner role on the King Salman International Airport project in Riyadh. When complete in 2030, it will cover 57 sq km and…

British contractor Balfour Beatty has won a $30m contract to deliver a 900ft runway and taxiway extension at Albert J Ellis Airport in Jacksonville, North Carolina. As general contractor, Balfour…

Portland International Airport (PDX) has doubled its capacity by expanding its main passenger terminal, with the help of a 9 acre timber roof. The expansion will allow Oregon’s largest airport…

Balfour Beatty US has begun building a $140m pedestrian walkway at Sacramento International Airport (SMF). The 400m-long skybridge will connect terminal B to concourse B, leading to an existing automated…

The UK’s Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) and Beirut-headquartered consultant Dar Al-Handasah have won a design consultancy contract for Africa’s largest airport, to be located south of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa…

A 29-year-old worker has died on a construction project at Florida’s Tampa International Airport after the machine he was operating fell from the airport’s shuttle track with him inside just…

The Sri Lankan Air Force has begun work on a six-month project to turn Hingurakgoda Airport in the centre of the island into an international facility. The main work will…

Vinci Airports has signed a $940m financing deal with a consortium of lenders to pay a concession fee to the Dominican Republic and build a $250m terminal at Las Américas…

An extension of Marseille Provence Airport, designed by Foster + Partners in association with French landscape architect Rougerie + Tangram, has opened to the public. The project reorganises passenger flows…

The government of Hungary has spent €3.1bn on renationalising Liszt Ferenc International Airport near Budapest by acquiring an 80% stake from owner-operator Vinci Airports. A handover ceremony was held on…

A team formed of contractor BAM and technical adviser Ramboll has resurfaced the runway at the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station, enabling planes to land at there for the…

Munich architect Henn has been chosen to design a training campus for the Berlin Fire Department on the site of the disused Tegel Airport. Firefighters, rescuers, and emergency medical staff…

The UAE emirate of Sharjah has agreed a memorandum of understanding to build an airport in Uganda near the Kidepo Valley National Park. The agreement in principle was signed on…

Spanish contractor Acciona has won a €62m contract to build the first runway at the new Cabo Rojo International Airport in Pedernales, Dominican Republic. Acciona’s scope of work includes building…