By John Lee. Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC) has included two airport projects in its list of major strategic projects to be presented during the Kuwait International Conference for Iraq Reconstruction, to be held in Kuwait from 12th to 14th February: Rehabilitation and development of Mosul International Airport. Estimated cost before 2014: 120 billion Iraqi […]
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So many Iraqi Airports, so few Planes
By Wassim Bassem for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Even if it were true that Sumerians built the first airport at Nasiriyah in 5000 BC, as Iraqi Transport Minister Kazem Finjan claimed in October, they would be shocked […]
Work Starts at Mid-Euphrates Airport
By John Lee. AFP reports that Iraqi officials laid the cornerstone of a new Mid-Euphrates Airport, 35 kilometres (20 miles) south of Karbala. The $500-million project will be carried out by the UK-based Copperchase, with work supervised by the Khayrat al-Sibtein company, which belongs to the Imam Hussein shrine (pictured). During the ceremony, Karbala Governor […]
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Lufthansa Consulting Helps Iraq upgrade Airports
The Iraqi Government and Lufthansa Consulting are continuing their longstanding relationship in order to further enhance the aviation system in Iraq. The country’s Ministry of Transport signed a comprehensive agreement for a long-term strategic advisory and implementation project that will focus on restructuring the national carrier Iraqi Airways and the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) […]
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Iraq Approves Plans for Kirkuk Airport
By John Lee. Iraq approved plans to transform the air base in Kirkuk into a modern civic airport. To do so it is seeking an investor to carry out the project an Iraqi MP told Rudaw, citing that several domestic and foreign companies have requested tender to start working on it. Iraqi MP Arshad Salehi […]
Revitalizing Ports, Airports in the Shadow of IS
By Shukur Khilkhal for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The war against terrorism and a decrease in oil prices resulted in Iraq running a deficit in its 2015 budget. This has been accompanied by tensions in Iraq and neighboring countries […]
Funding Approved for Karbala Airport
By John Lee. Fund has reportedly been agreed for the new Imam Hussein Airport in Karbala. Emirates 24|7 cites local sources as saying that international firms will soon be invited to bid for the project. Land has already been allocated for the project, which Zuhair Abu Dakkah, a member of Karbala’s governing council, described as […]
Kuwaiti Firm to Build Diwaniya Airport
By John Lee. Kuwait's Al-Nasriyah Company has signed an agreement to build a new airport in Diwaniya. The $1.35-billion airport will be operated by the company under the 45-year contract. Following the signing ceremony, the Governor of Diwaniya, Ammar Al-Madani, said the airport will cover an area of seven dunams (roughly 17,500 sq. m.) in […]
12 Companies Bid for Nasiriyah Airport
By John Lee. A total of 12 foreign firms are reported to be bidding for the operation of the first civilian airport in Dhi Qar province. The governor of Dhi Qar, Yeha Al Nasiri, said on Sunday that the contract to run the new airport in Nasiriyah would be awarded within the next three months. […]
Karbala Airport Project Approved
By John Lee. A new civilian airport in Karbala province has been approved, according to a report from Alsumaria News. The Imam Hussein Airport project is to be funded by the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine Authority. It will be constructed in three phases and will have a capacity of 15-20 million passengers a year. It […]
Iraq Invites Airport Investment
By Patrick M Schmidt. The governor of Al Diwaniyah officially announced the start of the bidding process for a new airport in the southwest of the province. The project recently received approval from the central government for the construction of a civilian airport. The local government will soon begin presenting the idea to foreign contractors. […]
Contractors Invited to Build New Airport
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Transport (MOT) has invited contractors to participate in a pre-qualification procedure for the construction of the new Middle Euphrates International Airport (MEIA). Sited near Kerbala [Karbala], the project will be financed by the General Federal Budget of the Republic of Iraq. MEIA will be a domestic and international airport […]