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Saudi’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has completed infrastructure works on the new King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and expects to issue contracts for airport services and other projects soon.
Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defence and aviation said earlier this week that GACA had completed work on the airport, and that the project would now be “presented to higher authorities for approval”.
The new airport will cater for up to 30 million passengers initially and has been designed to handle large aircraft such as the double-deck Airbus A380. The airport will have an ultimate capacity of 80 million passengers and three million tonnes of cargo annually when finished. To date, SR1.6bn worth of infrastructure works have been completed on the airport.
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The airport project coincides with the renovation of the kingdom’s regional air traffic control centre. The centre cost SR220m to renovate and has been equipped with the latest systems to monitor and control air traffic over the kingdom.
“The aim of this system is to increase the Kingdom’s air space capacity and ensure utmost levels of safety and fluidity in operations. Air traffic in Saudi Arabia experienced a rapid increase nearing a million in 2009, this was a 22 percent jump when compared to the previous year,” said Abdullah Rehaimi, president of GACA.
“Renovation and improvements was completed on time and I would like to point out that GACA has also not forgotten its investment in its employees and workforce. It has spent its time and effort in training its engineers,” he added.
The Kingdom has two regional offices for air traffic management overlooking flights across the Kingdom. One is located in Jeddah and monitors low-flying aircraft (15,000-29,000 feet above sea level) while the second is in Riyadh and monitors high-flying aircraft (29,000 feet above sea level and above).
Remaining contracts include geotechnical and topographic surveys and construction projects for tunnels, corridors, train stations. The airport also needs baggage handling and conveyer systems; surveillance, communications and meteorological systems; and also passenger-loading bridges. Additional airfield works include the construction of taxiways, aprons, roads and services and support facilities.
GACA has issued prequalification documents to companies to submit tenders for the remaining contracts.
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