Two new runways in Africa

7 October 2010 - Events - Tanzania

Two airport runways created by Sogea-Satom (VINCI Construction) have been inaugurated in Africa: the runway at Zanzibar Airport in Tanzania (photo), on 4 August, and the runway at Brazzaville’s Maya-Maya Airport (Congo), on 11 August.
The first project, taking 15 months to complete, working at night in order not to disrupt traffic, involved refurbishing the existing runway (length: 2,450 m) and extending it by 550 m. Project value: €28m.

The second involved creating a second landing strip (length: 3,700 m; width: 60 m; meeting A 380 standards). Project value: €87.5m.