Basra to get development funding for airport growth

Dubai-based newspaper Gulf News has reported that Basra International Airport in southern Iraq is to undergo major expansion and renovation this year, according to its director
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There are several huge projects that will commence this year, which in return will convert the airport into a major airport in Iraq and the northern Arab Gulf region," Abdul Ameer Ganim Abdullah told the newspaper during an aviation forum in Erbil last weel

A total of $65 million has been budgeted for the purpose by the Iraqi Transport Ministry and the Basra Governorate, according to the newsppaer

The projects at Basra International Airport include renovation of the passenger terminal, repairing the runway, adding more aero-bridges and other basic services such as water and electricity.