Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, is extending its runway, refurbishing its terminal and improving radar and air traffic management facilities. The $78 million upgrade was backed by the UK government's Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD), which guaranteed a $45 million loan for the development. Kotoka is hoping to become an economic gateway for western Africa. Ni" (Nis) Airport, in central Serbia, Yugoslavia, has received approval for a €2.5 million ($2.5 million) grant from the Norwegian government to fund the first phase of airport reconstruction and modernisation. The airport was heavily damage during the NATO campaign in 1999. Work is to begin by the year-end and the total cost is estimated at around €5-6 million. The airport is planned to re-open to commercial traffic by mid-2003. Work is under way on a series of feasibility studies for a scheme to expand Seeb International Airport in Oman. The studies are expected to take five months. The project, the first phase of which will raise Seeb's passenger capacity from 2.3 million a year to 6.5 million, is due for completion by September 2006. The UK's Coventry Airport is expected to apply soon for council approval to build a new passenger terminal at the south of the airfield. This will be sited near the recently completed executive terminal. The Bahrain government has approved $51 million in funding to expand facilities at Bahrain International Airport. A new satellite terminal will provide eight passenger gangways. The project is part of a wider airport upgrade scheme which includes a new control tower and the conversion of the taxiway into an emergency runway.
Source: Flight International
