Transport Reveals The Development Plan In Iraqi Airports
Money and business Economy News – Baghdad The Ministry of Transport revealed, today, Sunday, its development projects in Iraqi airports, most of which aim to rehabilitate the airports’ infrastructure, while indicating that the plan includes 26 projects in Baghdad Airport.
The ministry stated in a statement received by "Al-Eqtisad News" that "Baghdad International Airport has a comprehensive development plan that coincides with the investment portfolio of the International Finance Corporation and its three options," indicating that "this plan includes 26 projects in two phases."
The statement added that "the first phase includes airport infrastructure rehabilitation projects, consisting of 16 projects, nine of which are on the company's operating budget, and seven on the investment budget.
" The statement continued, "The second section contains ten projects, all of which are funded from the investment budget, in addition to the existence of projects under study, most notably the redesign of Iraqi airspace and the alternative building for air navigation, as well as the air traffic management system."
The statement indicated that "the airports administration has started the airport infrastructure rehabilitation projects, including the green areas and gardens expansion project, where the contract was signed and actual work began, as well as the roof and floor rehabilitation project in the Babylon and Samarra halls, which has reached 22% completion."
Regarding the air inspection project, the statement said, "There are navigation devices on the runway and a report was received from the New Zealand company Radiola regarding confirming the safety of all landing devices, and thus we can complete our development plans for Iraqi airspace."
The statement noted that "the General Company for Airports and Air Navigation Management has expanded the airspace for civil aviation at the expense of areas that were militarily prohibited, which allowed an increase in the number of aircraft crossing and their flow from the airspace of countries at a rate of 600 to 650 aircraft per day."
The statement explained that "there will be an installation of the ILS system within the automatic landing project, in addition to the system installed at Baghdad International Airport since 2005-2006," noting that "within the infrastructure rehabilitation projects, the contract was completed with the global company Indra, which specializes in the aviation sector."
The statement continued, "The rehabilitation projects also include the lighting or decoration project, as it has been referred to one of the companies and we are also in the process of signing this contract," stressing that "the revenues of the General Company for Airports and Air Navigation Management have increased at a very high rate, as they were 4 billion dinars, while they have now reached 15 billion per month."
He added, "As for the rest of the Iraqi airports, work is continuing on the Nasiriyah Airport project, as most of the navigational devices have arrived from international sources such as ENDRA, which specializes in the aviation sector.
As for Mosul Airport, 82% of its devices have been equipped, most of them from international French companies, regarding the installation of radar and ILS, at the airport, which is scheduled to open before the end of this year."
Regarding Basra International Airport, the ministry stated in its statement that it "intends to contract with international companies to purchase two radars; one to be installed in the western region of Iraq, and the second at Basra Airport." https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=52634