Airport World
Following what it described as a highly competitive tender process, daa International has been awarded a five-year management contract for King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Working in partnership with JEDCO, daa International will manage and advise on operations and non-aeronautical revenue and facilities management at KAIA.
The international subsidiary of Irish airport operator, daa, has developed credibility and a strong presence in Saudi Arabia over the past five years by managing and operating Terminal 5 at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) and, more recently, been appointed airport operator at the Red Sea Airport.
The latter is part of an ambitious Red Sea project, a first of type, based on the creation of a sustainable luxury tourism destination.
According to daa International, it will ultimately have 45 people based in Jeddah who will integrate seamlessly into the JEDCO team, creating a shared knowledge transfer culture and working together to develop KAIA into one of the worlds leading hub airports.
