Contractors had expected the airport operator to issue a tender earlier this year but senior management changes at ADAC delayed the process. ADAC had planned to build the terminal as part of a build operate transfer project and had short listed 3 companies for the contract: France’s Aero ports de Paris Germany’s Hochtief and Turkey’s TAV. Join discussion...

Turkey’s TAV, the Middle East’s most active airport builder says that civil aviation authorities should use more build operate transfer (BOT) contracts to develop the $50bn airport projects planned in the region. Join discussion...

Billionaire Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element, Germany's Fraport and Flughafen Wien are among the companies bidding for a 40.2 billion ruble ($1.28 billion) contract to upgrade St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport. Fraport, the operator of Frankfurt Airport, is bidding with VTB Europe, the London-based investment unit of VTB Group, to overhaul and operate for 30 years Russia's largest airport outside Moscow, the municipal government said Thursday in announcing the three bidding groups. Join discussion...

Tav Airports Holding AS (TAVHL.IS: Quote, Profile, Research), Turkey's biggest airport operator, won a tender on Tuesday to run Latvia's international airport in Riga and said it expected to invest between 250 and 300 million euros. Join discussion...

Abu Dhabi’s ambition to be a major hub for international air travel took a step closer on Thursday when its airports company announced a shortlist of three construction firms for the Dh25 billion (US$6.8bn) Midfield Terminal expansion. Join discussion...