Renovation, expansion and modernisation of Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) is expected to be complete within 23 months.

The €37 million BAM International project will see the expansion of the terminal buildings, increases in the length and width of taxiways and runways, the extension of aircraft aprons as well as the establishment of other essential services.

BAM International will also install new airfield ground lighting and floodlights along the aprons, resurface the runways, and create a continuous loop linking runways and taxiways to eliminate delays in landing and take-off.

Funding for the project was partly granted by the Dutch fund ORIO. The remaining part is guaranteed by commercial financing arranged by the Government of Tanzania.