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AIG to modernize Jordan’s Queen Alia Airport: Jordan’s Transport Ministry has inked a joint declaration with Airport International Group (AIG) to upgrade Queen Alia International Airport, Petra reports. The agreement will see AIG — which is majority-owned by Groupe Aéroports de Paris (Groupe ADP) — implement several developments to the airport, including upgrading the southern runway and integrating electronic security gates. The move comes after the Jordanian government’s decision to extend AIG’s build-operate-transfer concession of the airport until 2039.

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Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashgal) has broken ground on a road and infrastructure development project in Birkat Al Awamer, according to a statement. The project — which will serve Qatari Economic Zones Company Manateq’s logistics zone in the area — involves building a 24 km road network, a 5km drainage network, and a 27k cubic meter rainwater storage lagoon. The project is set to be completed by 3Q 2027.

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