24.07.2007 Corporate | Turkey
TAV Airports Holding, the leading airports operator in Turkey, will lay the foundation for the Tunisian Enfidha International Airport on July 24. TAV will operate the airport for 40 years and anticipates as much as EUR 400 mln in investment within the next two years.
President of the Tunisian Republic Zine El Abidine Ben Ali will also participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the airport in Enfidha, a tourist spot for Tunisia.
In a press release published by TAV, it was noted that the company has become a global name because of its international successes and ambitious projects. Now the company will carry its experience in the sector to North Africa. The release also stated the company plans to “start operating the Enfidha airport in 2009.”
Sani Şener, the CEO and executive board chairman of TAV, emphasized that the preferential agreement signed with Tunisian government on May 18, 2007 granted them the right to operate both the Monastır and Enfidha international airports, adding: “These two airports both have large capacities. As TAV Holding, our goal is to make the Enfidha airport the regional center in Africa. With the help of this project we will establish stronger commercial relations with Tunisia, a formerly friendly country to Turkey.” Şener also underlined that the four-stage operation to be executed during management of the airport will provide for a capacity of 22 million passengers. “The airport will be built on 4 300 hectares of land. In the first phase the terminal building will be 90 000 square meters,” said Şener. He also noted that a new terminal building will be built at the Enfidha International Airport and it will incorporate an open parking lot, a runway, a jet way and new service premises with taxi lanes.
Source: Today’s Zaman
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