News $1bn expansion of Bangkok’s budget air terminal to start this year Airports of Thailand (AOT) this week confirmed plans to invest $1bn in an expansion of its budget traveller terminal at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport. As well as increasing the size…
News Ferrovial wins first South Carolina contract Spain’s Ferrovial has won its first project in South Carolina through its US subsidiary, Webber. Webber will expand the ramp, roadway, and upgrade the stormwater system at the state’s Greenville-Spartanburg…
News Work starts on Norway’s long-awaited Arctic international airport Officials broke ground ceremonially this week on a new airport in the northern Norwegian town of Bodø, just within the Arctic circle. The $720m airport located about a kilometre south…
News Aecom lands project management role on Neom International Airport Aecom has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide project management consultancy services for Neom International Airport in Saudi Arabia. The airport will serve the 26,500-sq-km business region Saudi Arabia…
News Sierra Leone opens first new air terminal since independence Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has opened the country’s first new international airport terminal since independence in 1961. The $270m facility is three times the size of the existing…
News SOM’s terminal for Kansas City International Airport opens A 1.1 million sq ft terminal at Kansas City International Airport in Missouri, designed by the New York arm of architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), has opened for business.…
News $4.2bn JFK Terminal 6 breaks ground New York State Governor Kathy Hochul presided over the groundbreaking for the $4.2bn project to develop a new Terminal 6 at JFK International Airport on 23 February. The 1.2 million-sq-ft…
News India to spend $13bn on 100 airport schemes by end of next year The government of India is planning to begin 100 airport projects by the end of next year, according to the country’s civil aviation minister. The Business Standard website reports that…
News Vietnam seeks foreign contractor for $1.5bn airport terminal The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has launched a fresh effort to find a contractor to build a 373,000-sq-m passenger terminal for the Long Thanh Airport project, news site VNExpress…
News Sacramento airport plans $1.3bn expansion The Sacramento County Department of Airports has announced a $1.3bn expansion for Sacramento International Airport (SMF). The SMForward programme involves work on six projects, including a $140m pedestrian walkway linking…
News Lima Airport gets $1.25bn loan to fund big expansion Lima Airport Partners has borrowed $1.25bn for a major upgrade of Jorge Chávez International Airport in Peru’s capital. The company, which runs the airport on behalf of Frankfurt Airport Services…
News Nepal finally inaugurates Pokhara International Airport Nepal’s third international airport opened for business on New Year’s Day when its prime minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, landed there on a Buddha Air flight, the Kathmandu Post reports. The…
News Vinci takes charge of 13 Mexican airports Vinci Airports is now the biggest shareholder in Mexican airport operator OMA after finalising the acquisition of Fintech’s 29.99% stake for $1.17bn. The deal announced this summer gives Vinci an…
News Foster + Partners wins contract to design World’s fourth largest airport UK architect Foster + Partners has won a design contract for King Salman International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The airport will be built on the 57 sq km site…
News High-speed rail contracts awarded for Poland’s futuristic transport hub CPK, the company developing Poland’s $8bn integrated transport hub, has named the companies that will design a high-speed rail component of the project, Polish newspaper RP reports. Based around a…
News FAA approves $7bn expansion of Chicago’s O’Hare Contractors will start a $7.1bn expansion of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport when the ground thaws this spring after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the all-clear this week following an environmental review begun in 2018.
News JFK’s long-delayed Terminal 6 to break ground early next year Work on JFK Airport’s $4.2bn Terminal 6 will start early next year, New York State governor Kathy Hochul said yesterday. The privately funded project will be the final piece of…
News Poland’s $8bn transport hub seeks design overseer The company set up to develop an $8bn transport hub between Warsaw and Łodz in Poland has launched a tender for consultants to oversee design documentation for the project.