Three bid for Baghdad Airport
The Ministry of Transport has received three bids from international consortia to develop Baghdad International Airport under a public-private partnership model.
The bidders are:
Saudi’s Asyad Holdings and Top International Engineering Corporation Arabia, a subsidiary of China’s Shaanxi Construction Engineering Group;
Turkey’s YDA Group, Lamar Holding and Dublin Airport Authority;
UK’s ERG International and Turkey’s Terminal Yapi:
Luxembourg-based Corporacion America Airports and Iraq’s Amwaj International.
The winning consortium will be tasked with rehabilitating airport infrastructure, building a passenger terminal, and undertaking operations and maintenance backed by a 25-year concession, Iraqi News Agency reported. Financial offers are due to be opened 16 October 16. IFC is advising on the scheme.
