DUSHANBE, July 24, 2012, Asia-Plus – Another French company will continue construction of a new terminal at the Dushanbe airport, Rustam Kholiqov, director general of Dushanbe International Airport, told reporters at a news conference in Dushanbe on July 23.
Tajikistan has stopped cooperation with SOFEMA on construction of the terminal at Dushanbe International Airport and VINCI will continue construction of the terminal, Kholiqov said, noting that negotiations and consultations regarding construction of the terminal are currently being conducted with specialists from the VINCI Company.
According to him, an agreement has already been signed with a new prime contractor (VINCI) and construction works are expected to start in September this year.
We will recall that the project for construction of an international terminal at the Dushanbe airport is being implemented under financial support of France. France has provided Tajikistan a long-term, low interest 20 million euro loan to fund the 27 million euro construction of the terminal; the remaining 7 million euros are provided by Dushanbe International Airport.
The overall space of the international terminal at the Dushanbe airport is expected to be 11,000 square meters and it will able to receive more than 5,000 passengers per hour. Specialists say the project will bring the Dushanbe airport up to international air traffic standards.
