The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced on Sunday that it would issue a request for proposal (RFP) in February 2017 to award the second cargo operator’s license at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.
This step, a statement issued by GACA said, is part of its efforts to improve the services at the Kingdom’s airports, to open the country’s doors to foreign investors in accordance with the Saudi Vision 2030.
Abdulrahman Al-Mubarak, director of the Cargo Concessions Department for the Kingdom’s airports, said all meetings for the second cargo operator’s license have been concluded.
He said that the RFP would be launched in February next year so as to ensure that all joint-stock companies, interested in the project, would have enough time to work on their proposals.
Al-Mubarak said that GACA was working to improve logistic services and the overall performance of Kingdom’s airports to achieve the goals set in the Saudi Vision 2030.
He said that the Cargo Village at King Khalid International Airport would provide world-class logistic services.
It is a step in the right direction, he said. The official said that the bidding would be open to all international air cargo companies.
It would, he said, reduce the cost of operations and help create job opportunities for the Saudis.
Al-Mubarak said that similar projects were in the pipeline at various airports across the Kingdom.

Source: Arab News