Honduras to convert US-built airbase into airport for capital

[Judi Lynn]

4. International Airport to be Built at Palmerola Military Base

International Airport to be Built at Palmerola Military Base

Tegucigalpa, Dec 23(Prensa Latina) A company with German and Honduran capital won the bid to turn Parmerola Military Base into an international airport, as was revealed here today.
Emco Inversiones SA de CV will be responsible for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of the airport, whose concession is for 30 years, informed the head of the National Commission for the Promotion of Public Private Partnership, Miguel Gamez.

Honduran president, Juan Orlando Hernández, talked about the bid through the social networks and assured the project will encourage the creation of around 1,000 jobs.

According Gamez, the investment will exceed $87 million USD and the first works should begin in the second quarter of 2016.

The works, he explained, will also include the main and surrounding airstrips, the construction of the control tower and a fire station, among other issues.

Close to the base is currently located the headquarters of the US Task Force Bravo, as well as the military base Jose Enrique Soto Cano and the Air Academy of the Honduran Armed Forces.

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