12 international, local firms bid to operate Iraq's Mosul airport destroyed by ISIS
Iraq seeks to develop its air sector now that security conditions have improved in the country, hoping to play a bigger role in regional transit corridors.
Iraq has received bids from international and local firms to operate the newly unveiled Mosul airport in northern Iraq, the province’s governor said on Tuesday, as Baghdad seeks to boost its air travel sector.
Ninevah Gov. Abdul Qader al-Dakhil said in a Facebook post that 12 companies have applied to operate the airport. Most are “serious international companies,” though some are Iraqi, he added, noting that a committee has been formed to establish criteria and requirements for evaluating the bids.
Dakhil said the committee would release its criteria within 72 hours, after which a company would be selected.
Emirati outlet The National reported on Wednesday that companies from Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Oman are among those to have bid, naming Istanbul Grand Airport — the operator of Turkey’s capital airport that shares its name — as one of them.
