Thai group wins $9.2bn airport project in key economic zone

Japanese operator Narita tipped to manage soon-to-be refurbished facility

U-Tapao Airport

Thai government plans to ramp up the capacity of U-Tapao Airport to 12 million passengers a year from 2.5 million with the planned third terminal. © Reuters

MASAYUKI YUDA, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- The Thai government has appointed a local consortium to refurbish an airport in the east of the country in a project worth 290 billion baht ($9.2 billion) despite uncertainties around the aviation industry crippled by the coronavirus outbreak.

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