Melbourne’s long-anticipated airport rail link has taken a step forward, with the Australian federal government confirming it will allocate A$7bn for the project. That includes $5bn previously committed, plus $2bn…

Workers demonstrated and blocked cars at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) last week citing lack of payment on a project run by Gammon Construction, a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty and…

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group has designed Bhutan’s second international airport as part of Gelephu Mindfulness City near the Bhutan-Indian border and the Himalayas. The 68,000-sq-m Gelephu International Airport will…

Bechtel has been appointed capital portfolio partner for Perth Airport’s A$5bn expansion and upgrade programme. The programme involves a suite of major projects, including expanding its terminals, building a new…

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has rounded on contractors building the country’s $16bn Long Thanh International Airport, demanding that they stop gossiping and eat “quickly” and sleep “urgently”, newspaper…

The government of Portugal has asked France’s Vinci to submit a proposal for the construction and operation of a new international airport for Lisbon, the Aviacionline website reports. Portugal wants…

A joint venture between Turner Construction and the Weitz Company has reached structural completion on a $445m expansion of Des Moines International Airport in Iowa. The project will increase the…

A site has been selected for Poland’s new international airport between the capital city of Warsaw and Łódź. It will be the central node in the country’s comprehensive overhaul of…

Morocco plans to more-than-double its airport capacity from 38 million passengers to 80 million by 2030, when it will co-host the Fifa World Cup with Spain and Portugal, Reuters reports.…

Sweden’s Skanska has won two contracts in the US worth $786m: one is to build a parking garage and other modernisation works at Boston’s Logan Airport, and the other is…

The San Antonio International Airport in Texas has broken ground on the $1.2bn, 80,000-sq-m Terminal C. It will be about the same size as the airport’s existing terminals A and…

The company that built and now operates the world’s fifth biggest passenger airport – Korea’s Incheon International – will develop a plan for a new airport and special economic zone in Ecuador, business website Maeil reports. 

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has allowed China Railway Construction Engineering (CRCE), a state-owned company, to be reinstated for bidding on bank-financed projects provided it meets guidelines and co-operates with…

Ground has broken on Terminal F at Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) airport in Texas, a $1.6bn project that will contain 15 gates and a 400,000 sq ft concourse. Terminal F…

Lishui Airport in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province, designed by MAD Architects, is due to open by the end of the year. The airport is located in Lishui’s foothills, 15km southwest…

A joint venture between Tutor Perini and O&G Industries has been awarded a $1.2bn contract to design and build a 4km-long elevated railway at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport.…

French engineer Alstom has won an $84m contract to upgrade the automated people mover at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. Alstom will integrate 10 additional vehicles in the…

Construction has begun on a $9bn expansion and renovation project at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), the world’s second busiest by passenger traffic. The first phase of the DFW…