Hijjah 08, 1431 H/Nov. 14, 2010, SPA -- Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation, Inspector General and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Civil Aviation Authority signed here yesterday the two contracts of the first phase of the development project of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah which will raise the capacity of the airport to 30 million passengers annually. The amount of the two contracts is SR 27,111,000,000. Saudi Bin Laden Group won the two contracts with an implementation period of 36 months. Following the signing ceremony, Crown Prince Sultan said that this project comes under the care and attention of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for the system of civil aviation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia generally and King Abdulaziz International Airport particularly. The Crown Prince said that th Civil Aviation Authority has recently seen a shift in organizational and administrative structure where the international airports became strategic business units to be converted to state-owned independent public companies which will work on a commercial basis. Prince Sultan highlighted that the Kingdom's airports has seen many programs of construction and development projects such as the development of Tabuk Regional Airport, Prince Abdulmohsen bin Abdulaziz in Yanbu, Bisha Airport as well as other airports.
