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…

French infrastructure company Egis is celebrating the inauguration of terminal buildings at three Indian airports: Trichy, Pune, and Lucknow. It provided design and project management consultancy on the projects. Indian…

Norwegian state airport operator Avinor has chosen Swedish construction group Ratos to build a greenfield airport inside the Arctic Circle. Bodø Airport will be built by its HENT subsidiary, which…

Portugal will start negotiating with France’s Vinci about building and running Lisbon’s €9bn international airport in the next few days, Portuguese newspaper CM reports.  Ground could break by the end…

Vinci Construction’s Australian subsidiary Seymour Whyte has won a €96m contract to improve road access to Melbourne Airport. The contractor will upgrade the airport’s forecourt and build a 550m bridge…

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has revealed its design for Satellite Concourse 1 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. SOM’s design is inspired by the orchard field that gave O’Hare its…

American contractor Tutor Perini has won a $229m package to carry out construction work at three terminals of Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in southern Florida. The scope of work includes…

Balfour Beatty US has started work on the $340m Concourse B project at Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) in Florida. As general contractor, it will deliver a new concourse and an…

Africa’s biggest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, has opened its bigger domestic terminal at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport after a $50m expansion. The project doubled the terminal’s size to 25,750 sq…

The US Senate has passed a bill that would allow $105bn to be spent on airport improvements. The bipartisan bill was approved by the upper house by 88 votes to…

Nicaragua plans to use a loan from China to turn its Punta Huete military airbase near Managua into an international airport, with work scheduled to start in July. Laureano Ortega…