News Ready for take-off: MAD’s bird-like Lishui airport China’s MAD Architects has designed the Lishui Airport in Zhejiang Province, with a roof overhang giving it the appearance of a big silver bird ready to take off over the…
News Turner-led team wins $855m terminal contract at Dallas Fort Worth A consortium led by Turner Construction has landed a $855m design-and-build contract for a concourse and automated Skylink Station at Dallas Fort Worth airport. The Innovation Next+ team includes Archer…
News Beer-maker San Miguel wins $3bn Manila airport upgrade A consortium led by Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corporation has been picked from a shortlist of three for a $3bn public-private partnership project to operate, maintain, and upgrade Manila’s Ninoy…
News Ethiopian Airlines opens terminal at Gode airport Africa’s largest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, has opened its terminal at Gode Ugaas Miraad Airport near the border with Somalia. After three years in construction, Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed cut…
News Skanska picked to revamp fuel system at LaGuardia Airport Skanska has won a $113m contract from LGA Fuel to build LaGuardia Airport’s new fuel transmission systems in Queens, New York. The work involves installing 11,000 feet of two parallel…
News 19-acre vineyard tops Rafael Viñoly’s Florence airport expansion The design of a 50,000 sq m terminal for Florence Airport has been unveiled by Rafael Viñoly Architects, complete with a 19-acre rooftop vineyard. Thirty-eight rows of vines will be…
News SOM’s ‘terminal in a garden’ opens at Bengaluru’s international airport A 255,000 sq m airport terminal designed by Chicago architect SOM has opened at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, increase its capacity by 25 million passengers. Terminal 2 contains a…
News Saudi Arabia seeks bidders for Foster-designed Abha terminal Saudi Arabia is looking for bidders for a proposed public-private partnership scheme to expand and modernise Abha Airport in the southwest of the country, business website Zawya reports. The Saudi…
News Foster reveals design for Cambodia’s Techno Takhmao airport UK architect Foster + Partners has unveiled its designs for the Techo Takhmao International Airport, which is being built south of the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. As well as…
News Vinci to run Dominican Republic airports until 2060 Vinci Airports’ concession to run six airports in the Dominican Republic through its subsidiary Aerodom just got a 30-year extension. It began in 2016 and was due to run to…
News Skanska sells $115m stake in New York’s LaGuardia airport Swedish contractor Skanska is selling its 32% stake in LaGuardia Gateway Partners to fellow stakeholders Vantage Airport Group of Canada and French investor Meridiam. LaGuardia Gateway Partners is responsible for…
News Hensel Phelps to manage construction of Texan airport terminal US contractor Hensel Phelps has been chosen as construction manager for a 17-gate terminal at San Antonio International Airport. The company will subcontract 85% of the work on the $1bn…
News Ferrovial sells Heathrow stake for $3bn Spanish construction group Ferrovial yesterday said it had agreed to sell its 25% stake in FGP Topco, the parent company of Heathrow Airport Holdings, for £2.4bn ($3bn). There are two…
News Turner & Townsend appointed delivery partner for Irish airports Irish airport operator daa has appointed Turner & Townsend as its integrated delivery partner on a five-year framework. It is joined in the framework by Aecom, Arup, and logistics specialist…
News Foster + Partners designs new terminal at Saudi Arabia’s Abha Airport Foster + Partners has won a design competition for a new terminal at Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Aseer province. The buildings will be arranged in interconnected, human-scale clusters…
News Aecom signed on to rebuild Ukraine’s biggest airport Aecom has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine’s biggest airport to serve as its reconstruction delivery partner. Boryspil International near Kyiv is still closed amid Russia’s invasion, and was…
News Korean companies sign deal to help modernise Kyiv’s Boryspil International Airport Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Korea Airports Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to modernise Boryspil International Airport to the southeast of Kyiv. According to the deal, Korea Airport…
News Egis teams up with Saudi airport-tech firm French consultant Egis has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nera, A Saudi Arabian technical consultant to the aviation sector, to provide expertise in air traffic management and airport development,…