Turkish infrastructure-to-energy firm Limak has been awarded a 236 million dinar ($764.87 million) undertaking by the federal government of Kuwait to construct a part of a brand new terminal at Kuwait International Airport, in keeping with the Gulf Arab state’s official gazette printed on Sunday.
The Turkish firm will construct a bundle of plane parking aprons, taxiways and repair buildings, Reuters reported, citing the nation’s official gazette.
The $4.34 billion new airport terminal is anticipated to triple the capability of Kuwait’s airport to 25 million passengers a yr.
“The first stage of the new terminal will be built with a capacity of 13 million passengers capacity and (with) the improvement to be made later it can be expanded up to 25 million,” Limak mentioned in a press release on its web site.
“After the tender notification of approval to our company and completion of necessary procedures, our construction works of the new terminal will begin,” it added.
Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah in July mentioned the brand new passenger terminal (T2) was one of many nationwide tasks aiming to modernize the Gulf nation’s infrastructure to serve Vision 2035, the state-run Kuna news company reported.
Kuwait’s civil aviation ministry in June invited six prequalified corporations to submit bids for the operation, upkeep and improvement of the worldwide airport, together with T2 and its affiliated plane aprons.
The listing of prequalified corporations included GMR Airports (India), Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide and Munich Airport International (Germany), Incheon International Airport Corporation (South Korea), TAV Airport Holding (Türkiye) and Daa International (Ireland).
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) final month mentioned it anticipated the whole passenger visitors to and from Kuwait International Airport in 2023 to succeed in 15.5 million, up from 14.46 million final yr.
It is anticipated to function 45,000 flights this season, a rise of 15% year-over-year.
The most lively locations from the airport in the course of the summer time season had been Dubai, Istanbul, Cairo, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah, Riyadh, Bahrain and Amman.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
