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DIGEST FROM ISSUE NR. 1275, PUBLISHED ON 17 AUGUST 2026
Airport Development (DEV)
Europe
UNITED KINGDOM
London Luton Airport has secured final legal approval for an expansion intended to raise annual capacity to 32 million passengers by 2043. The United Kingdom government approved the scheme in April 2025. The Luton and District Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise challenged that decision unsuccessfully in the High Court in December 2025. On 31 July 2026, the Supreme Court declined permission for a further appeal, concluding the legal proceedings.
The approved programme includes...
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GERMANY
Airport Weeze (North Rhine-Westphalia) has started construction of a new arrivals terminal, scheduled for completion in mid-2027. The 4,900 m² project includes a 3,900 m² arrivals hall, separate Schengen and non-Schengen arrival zones, facilities for customs and police, and a reception area for people meeting passengers. A further 1,200 m² office floor will accommodate airport administration. Goldbeck is the main contractor.
The terminal will consolidate...
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ITALY
Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport is seeking final government approval for a EUR 9 billion expansion programme that includes a fourth runway. The privately funded proposal would add a new terminal complex, further terminal facilities, taxiway and airfield capacity. Around EUR 5 billion is allocated to expansion works, with EUR 4 billion for upgrading existing infrastructure.
The scheme has received environmental approval and support from Italy’s transport ministry and deputy prime minister, according to airport chief executive Marco Troncone. Approval is still required from the Prime Minister’s Office. The airport is seeking clearance to begin construction within...
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Russia & C.I.S.
RUSSIA
Krasnoyarsk International Airport has received preliminary federal approval to develop a second parallel runway under a federal concession. The proposal is at the financial and economic assessment stage. The planned financing model would combine federal funding with private investment. The existing runway would remain operational while the new facility is built, avoiding an airport closure.
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Smolensk Severny Airport (Smolensk Oblast) has received a positive state-expertise conclusion for its reconstruction project. The approved design provides for a new 2,500-metre by 42-metre runway, Taxiway A and an apron for four aircraft. It also includes radio-navigation, meteorological and airfield-lighting systems, a rescue and firefighting station, passenger terminal, modular air traffic control tower, de-icing complex and treatment facilities.
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North America
UNITED STATES
Tampa International Airport (Florida) has shortlisted four firms to build its replacement air traffic control tower, supported by USD 155 million in FAA funding. DeAngelis Diamond Construction, PCL Construction Services, Structure Tone Southwest and Walsh Construction Company II, trading as Archer Western, passed minimum qualification requirements. The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority expects to select a design-build team on 1 October and consider contract award on 3 December.
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Denver International Airport (Colorado) has issued a request for qualifications to develop 607 ha of vacant airport-owned land. The airport is seeking master developers and investment partners for mixed-use, industrial, commercial, hospitality, logistics and transit-oriented districts. The sites will be primarily located along the Peña Boulevard corridor, the airport’s access road, and developed in accordance with an intergovernmental agreement with Adams County.
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Los Angeles International Airport (California) has received a USD 289 million federal grant for new access roads intended to separate airport and local traffic near Sepulveda Boulevard. The Federal Aviation Administration awarded the funding to Los Angeles World Airports, the city agency that operates LAX. The roads form part of the Airfield and Terminal Modernisation Program Roadway Improvements Project, within the airport’s USD 30 billion capital-improvement programme.
Los Angeles World Airports expects the new ingress roads to be completed before the 2028 Summer Olympics, while the egress-road programme is scheduled for full completion by 2030. Other works include...
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Latin America & The Caribbean
HAITI
Haiti’s National Airport Authority has presented a four-project development plan for Cap-Haïtien International Airport. The programme proposes a new domestic departure hall, ending the current dual use of the arrivals hall for domestic passenger boarding. It also includes an expansion of the international departure hall through the addition of a floor, intended to accommodate increasing international passenger demand.
Airside works would rehabilitate...
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ECUADOR
CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, has invited consultants to prepare rehabilitation studies for five airports in Ecuador. The USD 700,000 consultancy will assess runway pavements, taxiways, aprons and other airside paved areas at Francisco de Orellana Airport (Coca, Orellana Province), Santa Rosa Regional Airport (Santa Rosa, El Oro Province), Cotopaxi International Airport (Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province), Ciudad de Catamayo Airport (Catamayo, Loja Province) and Eloy Alfaro International Airport (Manta, Manabí Province).
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URUGUAY
Aeropuertos Uruguay is proposing a USD 50 million private airport development in Rocha, primarily for executive, private, tourist and charter flights. The proposed Rocha International Airport would occupy 209 ha beside Route 10, between Laguna Garzón and Laguna de Rocha. The company has acquired the site for a reported USD 8.3–9.4 million. Preliminary plans include a terminal for about 50 passengers, aircraft storage and maintenance hangars, public parking, and a 1,350 m by 30 m runway, potentially extended to 1,600 m.
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Africa
RWANDA
Bugesera International Airport, Kigali’s new greenfield airport, is now scheduled to complete Phase 1 in 2028, with Phase 2 targeted for 2032. The Rwandan government has revised the programme for the greenfield airport, where construction began in 2016. The overall investment has increased from an initial estimate of USD 418 million to USD 2 billion, reflecting design revisions, scope changes and increased capacity requirements.
Phase 1 includes a 3,750 m runway,...
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ETHIOPIA
Ethiopian Airlines Group has invited bids for the design-build renovation and expansion of Asosa Airport (Benishangul-Gumuz Region). The project covers the terminal, runway-strip improvements and ancillary facilities. The selected contractor must provide labour, materials and equipment, with completion required within 365 calendar days of commencement. The tender does not give a project value, capacity target or construction start date.
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LIBERIA
Monrovia’s Roberts International Airport has invited bids for a 25-year finance-design-build-operate-transfer concession to develop and expand the airport. Liberia’s Ministry of Transport and Liberia Airport Authority will act as the public party, while the National Investment Commission will manage the tender and select a preferred bidder. Meinhardt (Malta) Pvt Ltd is the transaction adviser. Bids are due by 2 November 2026.
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Asia Pacific
P.R.C.
Huizhou Pingtan Airport (Guangdong province) will develop into Shenzhen’s second airport under China’s 15th Five-Year Civil Aviation Development Plan. The airport’s Phase II expansion will see the addition of a second runway south of the existing 2,400 metre runway and an upgrade of the operational infrastructure. Huizhou Airport currently operates with a single civil-military runway. The expansion is intended to develop the airport into a mainline airport capable of handling 10 million passengers annually.
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THE PHILIPPINES
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered action on the long-delayed Sangley Point International Airport project, one of two large proposed airports intended to relieve pressure on Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The proposed airport would be built on Manila Bay at Sangley Point in Cavite City, southwest of Metro Manila. It is intended to add passenger and cargo capacity for the Greater Manila area. Separately, San Miguel Corp. is developing the New Manila International Airport in Bulacan, north of Manila, under a 50-year concession; that project has also faced delays associated with reclamation works.
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AUSTRALIA
Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport’s 2045 Master Plan has been approved, establishing a 20-year development framework and a five-year priority programme for Australia’s busiest airport. The plan enables further planning for the merger of domestic Terminals 2 and 3 into a single precinct. Its initial phase, scheduled to start in 2028, would cost AUD 3 billion (USD 2.1 billion) and include at least seven new aircraft gates and associated airfield works. Completion is expected about three years after construction begins.
The full programme provides for up to 12 gates capable...
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Consultant & Contractors (CON)
Manchester Airports Group has appointed Strzala Architects and Corgan to its five-year architecture consultancy framework. Manchester-based Strzala Architects, with Corgan as subconsultant, was selected under Lot 7 for RIBA Stages 1 and 2. The team will provide concept design, masterplanning and capacity planning for terminal and commercial developments.
The appointment covers Manchester Airport, London Stansted Airport, and East Midlands Airport (United Kingdom). MAG is preparing capital programmes to modernise infrastructure, expand capacity, improve operational resilience and support its target of net-zero-carbon operations by 2038.
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United Airports of Georgia has appointed AMD Sigma to prepare a feasibility study for the proposed Vaziani International Airport, east of Tbilisi, Georgia. Selected through an Asian Development Bank-supported tender, the Berlin-based consultancy has completed an initial site visit to the former military airfield, including an assessment of its existing infrastructure. It will now consult government bodies, private-sector organisations and aviation-industry stakeholders.
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Bismarck Municipal Airport (United States) has awarded Ubl Design Group a USD 10 million contract to design its proposed USD 132 million terminal expansion. The City Commission approved the contract on 28 July, enabling terminal design and environmental reviews to begin. Ubl Design Group will support planning for all three phases, although the final scope remains dependent on funding.
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Howard Hamilton International Airport (Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands) has appointed Luis Vidal + Architects to design and develop a new arrivals hall, Terminal B. The Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority selected the international architecture practice through an open tender, reference TR 25/27 and contract TCIAA 02/2025. Design consultancy services begin this week. The authority has not disclosed the contract value, construction budget or delivery timetable; construction will be procured separately.
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The Cayman Islands Airports Authority has awarded GHD a KYD 1.498 million (USD 1.80 million) contract for environmental assessments of planned runway works at two airports. GHD’s Ontario office was selected from seven bidders on 21 July. The assessments will cover Owen Roberts International Airport (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) and Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands), following a requirement from the National Conservation Council.
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