The Saudi Civil Aviation Holding Company (MATARAT) has released the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the privatization, expansion, and improvement of the New Abha International Airport Project to pre-qualified bidders.

The following consortiums have been pre-qualified to bid for the project:

• Mada TAV: Consortium of MADA Holding International and TAV Havalimanlari Holding A.S.
• Vision Asyada daa: Consortium of Vision International Investment and ASYAD Holding and daa International Limited
• GMR: GMR Airports Limited
• Touwaik Alliance: Consortium of Skilled Engineers Contracting and Limak Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S and Incheon International Airport Corporation and Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners) and Obermeyer Middle East GmbH

The Abha Airport expansion project will be completed by 2028 in two to three phases, aiming to accommodate up to 10 million passengers by 2030 and 13 million by 2054.