VOL. XLVI

No 50

15-December-2003

INFRASTRUCTURE

QATAR

Qatar To Start Awarding Tenders Worth $2.5Bn For New Doha Airport

Qatar announced on 7 December that it is about to start awarding tenders worth more than $2.5bn for the construction of the new DohaInternational Airport. Akbar al-Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways, which operates DohaInternational Airport, said that consultant Bechtel had completed the master plan for the new airport and that construction companies would soon be able to bid to...