Most travellers will choose to fly direct to one of the country’s three major international airports: Lisbon, Porto and Faro. When planning to buy or sell property in Portugal, proximity to one of these can adversely or favourably affect the price. Any location within an hour’s drive is usually an acceptable distance – beyond that,...

The first part of a series of extracts from articles by Jason Wild of The Marbella Connection about the capital of the Costa del Sol in Southerrn Spain… Malaga the City. In these articles Jason will set out the attractions of this wonderful city starting here with some of its history. Written by and published...

The travel restrictions in place in Australia were expected to remain in place until late 2021 but the potential vaccination breakthrough may mean changes earlier than expected.  Interstaff set out what is being discussed. Written by Sheila Woods of Interstaff  12 November, 2020 We were delighted to hear that a COVID-19 vaccination will be available in Australia...

Pöyry awarded engineering services assignment for the expansion of Salgado Filho Airport, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The HTBM consortium, comprising of contractors HTB, Tedesco and Barbosa Mello, has awarded Pöyry with the detail engineering and field engineering services assignment for the expansion project of the Salgado Filho Airport, in Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil, under the...

Orascom Construction Limited ammounced that its joint venture with Al Sahraa Group (UAE) has been awarded approximately USD 180 million for the expansion of Fujairah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates. OC’s share of the joint venture is 60%. The project’s scope encompasses the main infrastructure works for the airport expansion, including a new...

A Hochtief joint venture of Turner Construction Company and Flatiron Construction Corp. has been chosen to lead a major expansion of Denver International Airport, adding gates, concessions, runways and taxiways Turner Construction Company and Flatiron Construction Corp. are pleased to announce that the City and County of Denver have selected a Turner-Flatiron joint venture to...

CIMIC Group company, Leighton Asia, with joint venture partner Chun Wo Construction and Engineering Company Limited (‘Chun Wo’), has been selected by the Airport Authority Hong Kong to construct the A$390 million Terminal 2 (T2) foundation and substructure works at Hong Kong International Airport. Revenue to Leighton Asia, which is part of CIMIC Group construction...

Bahrain has started construction work on a $1.1 billion airport expansion project which is majority funded by the UAE. The move will see Bahrain International Airport increase its capacity to accommodate 14 million passengers a year, according to the country’s official news agency. Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the country’s Prime Minister, laid the...

The Kuwait government said it had awarded a contract to build a new terminal at the country’s international airport to the same consortium that had an earlier more-expensive bid dismissed. Turkey’s Limak Holding and local construction firm Kharafi National has won the deal after bidding $4.34 billion for the work at Kuwait International Airport –...

Hochtief,  the German construction group has  said that it will take the technical and commercial lead in a $1.45 billion King Khaled International Airport expansion project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Hochtief will redesign, upgrade and expand two existing terminals, and demolish and refurbish other parts of the airport infrastructure in a joint venture with Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast L.L.C....

Limak Construction in Turkey has won  the tender to build an airport in the Russian city of Rostov, which is one of the host cities of the 2018 World Cup, according to a statement by the company. Limak has said that it would build the facility in a joint venture with a Russian partner, Marashstroy....

Mace have been awarded the project management and site supervision contract for the new Luanda International Airport in Angola. The aim of the Angolan government is for the new airport to become the aviation hub of western Africa. It will have capacity to accommodate 15 million passengers and 50,000 tonnes of cargo per year. The...