Santa Lucía airport cost projected to be 12% of the one that was canceled
The federal government projects that the Santa Lucía airport will cost just 12% of the former government’s canceled project at Texcoco, México state, and will open in June 2021 with a capacity for 20 million passengers a year. Project chief Sergio Samaniego said yesterday that construction of the airport at the Santa Lucía Air Force […]
Mexican Presidential Frontrunner To Carlos Slim: If You Like Airport Plan Pay With Your Own Money
After getting into an extraordinary showdown with Mexico’s business elite, leading Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador has offered an olive branch. «When [telecom tycoon] Carlos Slim Helú said that the airport was a great work of construction, I said, ‘go ahead’, why don’t you build it with your own money? ("¦) Seriously, why […]
Carlos Slim defends Mexico City airport against AMLO"™s threat to kill it
Billionaire Carlos Slim came out in defense of the new Mexico City International Airport (NAICM) project yesterday in response to threats from the leading presidential candidate to abandon it if he wins office. Mexico"™s richest man, whose companies have an 8% investment interest in the new airport, told a press conference that suspending the project […]
Denver approves $1.8 billion, 34-year public-private airport contract
Denver City Council approved on Tuesday a $1.8 billion public-private partnership project to redesign the Jeppesen Terminal of Denver International Airport (DEN), the latest airport to use this financing structure for redevelopment. P3s, which are more commonly used in Europe, Australia and Canada, are typically made up of a private consortium of companies to design, […]
Norman Manley International Airport, Jamaica PPP Opportunity
The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) through the Ministry of Transport and Mining has approved a new public-private partnership tender for the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) via an international, competitive and transparent tender process. Attached please find a market teaser outlining highlights of the investment opportunity. We welcome your feedback on the transaction and would […]
NASA findings could save airline industry billions
A research project carried out by NASA over the past six years has yielded discoveries that could save the airline industry billions of dollars, according to the space agency. The new technologies were developed under NASA"™s Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project, which concluded in 2015. NASA says that cumulatively, the results of the project could […]
Viracopos will be the first airport to adopt e-AWB Project
The Viracopos International Airport was chosen to host and develop the project e-AWB (AirWay Bill),that aims to reduce paperworks and the bureaucracy procedures for transaction of international cargo. The system is common in major airports around the world. The initiative is the result of a partnership between the IATA (International Air Transport Association) and the […]
