DUBAI: A consortium of investors in charge of expansion work at Jordan’s main airport is not looking to exit its investment in the project, the company running the consortium said.
Sources told Reuters earlier that Airport International Group (AIG), which is investing $850 million to expand the Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA), was looking to sell out and had approached banks for advisory roles.
“AIG has no plans of disposing of any part of its investment in QAIA, which is considered the most important Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the history of Jordan,” AIG said in an e-mailed statement citing its CEO Kjeld Binger.
The group had declined to comment on Monday.
The AIG consortium is led by Abu Dhabi-owned Invest AD, which has a 38 percent stake, and Kuwait’s Noor Financial Investment Co, with a 24 percent ownership.
The consortium was awarded a 25-year build-operate-transfer concession by the Jordanian government in 2007.
The new terminal is expected to open in February, increasing capacity nearly three times to 9 million passengers a year.
Jordan consortium has no plans to exit airport project
