Tag Archives | General Company for Airports and Air Navigation

Iraq Restructures Airport Management Function

By John Lee. As part of its oversight of airport and air navigation management and services, Iraq's Council of Ministers has approved the following: Separating the management of Iraqi airports from the State Company for Airports and Air Navigation and affiliating them with the Ministry of Transportation, to be under the level of a directorate […]

Iraq Resumes Full Civil Aviation Operations

By John Lee. Late on Tuesday evening, Iraq's Minister of Transport, Razzaq Muhibis Al-Saadawi (pictured), announced the full resumption of air traffic at all Iraqi airports following a temporary suspension earlier in the day due to regional tensions. A Ministry statement said that, with safety risks now mitigated, Iraqi airspace has reopened for all incoming, […]

Tender Docs issued for Baghdad Int'l Airport PPP Project

By John Lee. The Government of Iraq, acting through the Ministry of Transport's General Company for Airports and Air Navigation Administration (GCAAN) as the tender authority, is launching a two-stage public tender to select a private partner to rehabilitate, expand, finance, operate, and maintain Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) under a long-term Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contract. […]

Chinese, Turkish Firms Win Contracts for Nasiriyah Airport

By John Lee. Dr. Abbas Sabah Al-Baydani, Director General of the General Company for Airports and Air Navigation, signed a supplementary consultancy contract for the Nasiriyah International Airport project with the Turkish company Kiklop Design Hertz Insaat, and a construction contract supplement with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC). This action follows directives from […]

Iraqi Cabinet Approves Funding for Airport Security

By John Lee. Iraq's Council of Ministers (Cabinet) has approved the General Company for Airports and Air Navigation to cover expenses for feeding workers and providing living, technical, and medical supplies for K9 teams. This also includes maintenance costs for sonar equipment and baggage inspection devices for one month. According to a statement from the […]

Baghdad Airport Security Employees to Receive Salaries

By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Transport has announced the release of salaries for employees of the company responsible for security at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) for the second consecutive month, following directives from the Council of Ministers and under the supervision of Minister Razzaq Muhibis Al-Saadawi. According to a statement from the Ministry's […]

Responsibility for Iraqi Airports to be removed from ICAA

By John Lee. The Iraqi Cabinet has approved a number of changes in the aviation and air transport sector. The management of Iraqi airports is to be removed from the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA), and placed under the control of the Ministry of Transport's Aviation Services Company, which is to be renamed the "General […]