News Miami airport plans $1bn extension Miami International Airport (MIA) says it will start on a $1bn expansion of its Concourse D in 2027. The project will convert the existing Gate D60 area into a three-storey…
News Vietnam arrests executives involved in flagship airport on suspicion of bribery Three months before it’s supposed to open, Vietnam’s flagship airport project, Long Thanh International near Ho Chi Minh City, has come under a cloud with the arrests of four executives…
News Bird-like Lishui Airport finally opens after 17 years Lishui Airport in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province and designed by MAD Architects, has opened to the public following a 17-year design and construction phase. The 12,000-sq-m terminal building is designed…
News Foster + Partners design Angola aerotropolis UK-headquartered architect Foster + Partners is working alongside Angola’s Ministry of Transport on a masterplan for the 13,480ha Icolo e Bengo Aerotropolis, which will be built around the recently completed…
News Construction starts on Africa’s biggest airport Construction has begun on Bishoftu International Airport in Ethiopia, described as the “largest aviation infrastructure project in Africa’s history” by Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed in a statement on X.…
News Poland pioneers ‘competitive dialogue’ to procure new high-speed network The method is intended for technically complex projects where the project owner isn’t sure how to achieve the outcomes it wants. Poland’s transport megaproject, “Port Polska”, says it will be…
News Team starts third runway at Saudi’s huge King Salman airport Construction has begun on a third runway at Riyadh’s King Salman International Airport (KSIA) by a team of Spain’s FCC Construcción SA and Saudi Arabia’s Al-Mabani General Contractors. The 4,200m-long…
News Aecom lands $270m US aviation contract Aecom has won a 10-year contract worth up to $270m from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for architecture and engineering services across the agency’s eastern, central and western regions.…
News Skyway JV lands $1bn Perth third runway contract Perth Airport has awarded the “Skyway” joint venture of BMD Group and CPB Contractors a contract reported to be worth A$1bn to build Perth Airport’s third runway. The 3km-long runway…
News Vienna Airport ditches plan for €2bn third runway Vienna Airport (Flughafen Wien) has decided not to proceed with its planned third runway, citing a “massive increase” in its cost, a lack of support from airlines and a 17-month-long…
News Major dig at Poland’s new airport unearths trove dating back 7,000 years Archeologists digging at the greenfield site of Poland’s new international airport west of Warsaw have unearthed a trove of finds dating as far back as 7,000 years ago. Flint and…
News New York plans $45bn, decade long transport spend The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced a $45bn investment blueprint for the region’s airports, bus infrastructure, railways and ports between 2026 and 2035. The so-called…
News Design-builders sought for rail station under Poland’s new airport The Polish megaproject Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has launched a tender for the design and construction of a railway station, tunnel and platform hall underneath the country’s new international airport,…
News Construction begins on $3.5bn automated rail line at Newark airport Construction has begun on the $3.5bn AirTrain monorail system at New York’s Newark Liberty International Airport, undertaken on behalf of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The…
News ‘Open-heart surgery’: Dublin Airport to get €265m tunnel A joint venture of the Irish subsidiary of Spain’s Sacyr, Sacyr Ireland, and Ireland’s Wills Bros Group has won a €265m contract from Dublin Airport operator daa to build a…
News Cambodia’s new Foster-designed airport has busy first month Cambodia’s Techo International Airport, the country’s largest aviation infrastructure project, opened to the public last month in the capital Phnom Penh. It was developed by a joint venture of Cambodia’s…
News FlatironDragados and Skanska land road works at LAX A joint venture of Hochtief subsidiary FlatironDragados and Sweden’s Skanska has won a contract for road improvements at Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) as part of the airport’s Airfield and…
News Poland seeks contractor to keep things moving at new airport Polish megaproject Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) seeks a contractor to deliver lifts, escalators and moving walkways at its new airport. The contract due to be awarded in 2026 includes the…