- ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Saudi
Arabia has awarded five companies a project to privatize airports while
the kingdom maintains security over the facilities.
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- One of the companies awarded a contract to operate a
Saudi airport belongs to the family of Al Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden.
Western intelligence agencies said Al Qaida has been planning to strike
Western aircraft that seek to land or take off from Saudi airports. "The
Civil Aviation Authority will seek to achieve broad private sector participation
in running local and international airports by privatizing them, except
for security operations," Saudi civil aviation chief Abdullah Rahimi
said.
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- Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz has
completed contracts with five Saudi companies to operate regional and local
airports over the next three years. The contracts were said to have been
worth $170 million.
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