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Kurds announce airport deals
Arbil, Iraq Press, December 2, 2003 – The Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq have announced two deals to revamp two airports in their areas.
The first deal, by the regional government in Arbil, seat of the autonomous Kurdish region, is to repair and complete an international airport the former regime wanted to build in the city.
The second concerns the upgrading of a military airport in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya which the former regime used specifically for army operations against rebel Kurds.
Sources at the regional governments in both cities say they have got the green light from the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority to award contracts for the reconstruction and running of the two airports.
The announcement comes following reports that the CPA has grounded commercial flights to and from the Baghdad International Airport after the military confirmed that a missile struck a DHL cargo plane that landed last week with its wing aflame.
The plane was the first civilian airliner hit by insurgents, who have shot down several military helicopters with should-fired rockets.
The authorities say they are keen to get the airport in Arbil running for commercial flights next year.
Shawkat Sheikh, a cabinet minister in the regional government of Massoud Barzani, said US troops were helping in the reconstruction.
“We hope to be able to receive both cargo and passenger flights next year,” he said.
Sheikh said a delegation of Iraqi technicians will visit several foreign countries for the import of necessary equipment for the airport.
The regional government of Jalal Talabani in Sulaimaniya says it is about to select a contractor to ready the airport for commercial flights.
The contractor tipped for the deal is the Turkish-based AGS firm which has reportedly agreed to repair the airport at an estimated cost of 4.2 million dollars.
Assou Ismael, transport minister in Sulaimaniya’s regional government, said the airport should be ready in May next year.
The US had awarded a 2.5 million dollar contract to American company, Skylink to manage airports in Baghdad, Basra and Mosul.
But these airports have only been used for military purposes and humanitarian operations and none has been open for commercial flights.