Civil Aviation Authority Signs $18.6 Million Contract to Develop Navigation Services at Kuwait International Airport

The Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) signed a contract on Thursday with NATS Services, a British company, for the operation, management, monitoring, and control of maintenance, improvements, and development of air navigation services at Kuwait International Airport, valued at 18.6 million Kuwaiti dinars for a period of five years. The contract was signed on the Kuwaiti side by the Chairman of PACA, Sheikh Engineer Hamoud Mubarak Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and on the British side by Managing Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Global Services Benjamin Leonard Kew, in the presence of the Acting Director General of PACA, Engineer Duaij Al-Otaibi, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Martin John Rolfe, and a number of officials from both sides.

Speaking to KUNA on the sidelines of the signing, Engineer Saad Al-Otaibi, Deputy Director General for Planning and Projects at the Civil Aviation Authority, said the contract is part of PACA’s strategy to develop air navigation services at Kuwait International Airport, under direct guidance from the political leadership and with close follow-up by Chairman Sheikh Hamoud Al-Sabah, with the aim of enhancing operational and managerial efficiency, training national personnel, and strengthening monitoring, maintenance, improvements, and development across various air navigation services.

Al-Otaibi added that the project involves the operation, management, and development of Kuwait’s air navigation services, as well as the redesign of airspace and air routes to meet the latest developments in Kuwait and the region, in compliance with the Annexes of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

He clarified that the project also includes establishing a comprehensive air traffic management system, managing and evaluating maintenance, and controlling all equipment and facilities, while providing recommendations on rehabilitation and development plans, alongside training, qualification, and capacity-building for human resources in the air navigation sector.