Iraq says Nasiriyah airport infrastructure ready

Iraq has completed the construction of the infrastructure for the new Nasiriyah airport in its southern Dhi Qar governorate and the project would be finished in 2015, the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) reported on Wednesday.

“The infrastructure for the airport has been completed and only logistic and technical matters remain…it will be a joint civilian and military airport,” IMN said, quoting Abdul Rahman Al Taei, a member of Dhi Qar governing council.

He said the airport would be commissioned in early 2015 but did not mention costs of the project, which has an area of nearly 20,000 square metres and is located at Imam Ali Military Air Base.

In previous comments, Dhi Qar governor Yehya Al Nasiri said the project would be undertaken by companies on an investment basis, adding that firms from Kuwait, the United States and Malaysia have expressed interest in investing in the project.

The Nasiryah airport and similar other projects in conflict-battered Iraq have been on the cards for more than four years but they have been held up by security problems and delayed transport ministry approval.


 

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