The government is stepping up investment in transport infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, fast-tracking key projects and creating new opportunities for service providers.
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Economic update | Sharjah International Airport development under way to accommodate passenger growth and new routes
28 Aug 2017
Improved facilities and new flight connections could help Sharjah International Airport (SIA) build on growing passenger numbers.
Articles & Analysis | Kuwait invests in large-scale infrastructure projects and transport programmes from The Report: Kuwait 2017
Kuwait is investing in a significant pipeline of major infrastructure projects and transportation programmes connected to the Kuwait Development Plan 2015-20.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Sami Fahad Al Rushaid, Chairman, Kuwait Airways: Interview from The Report: Kuwait 2017
Articles & Analysis | Transport development plans strengthen Kuwait as a trade centre from The Report: Kuwait 2017
Driven by measured government-backed investments, despite the downward pressure from oil prices, the Kuwait transportation sector continued to grow in 2016-17. Improving connectivity regionally and globally – via air, land and sea links – is viewed as a state priority and a promising mechanism to drive non-oil economic growth.
Bahrain’s Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications in June selected French technology company Thales and Switzerland’s telecoms services firm SITA as providers of Bahrain International Airport’s new security and operations management system.