Daa secures contract to manage major Saudi airport

The operator of Cork and Dublin airports described the new contract as a game changer for the company

Terminal 1 at King Abdulaziz International Airport is eight times bigger than Dublin's Terminal 2.

Daa International has won a multi-million euro contract to manage and advise on the operation of the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for the next five years.

The contract is to support, manage and advise on operations, aviation business development, non-aeronautical revenue and facilities management.