According to the Public Relations and International Affairs of the Kish Free Zone Organization, at the 26th session of this program, Mohammadhossein Aghaei, Economic and Technical Deputy of the Kish Ports and Airports Development Company, responded directly to questions and requests from Kish residents and economic activists regarding passenger terminals, airport infrastructure and port services, and outlined the company’s priority programs through the end of the year.
Aghaei, continuing, thanked the idea of Mohammad Kabiri, the CEO of the Organization, and the efforts of those involved in Inspection Management and Public Relations for creating this direct communication platform, called the demands raised by Kish residents a valuable opportunity to identify issues and improve service quality, and welcomed the participation and readiness announced by private-sector investors to take part in development projects. He also noted that coordinated actions in the recent Project Management Office (PMO) meeting to strengthen and increase the island’s electricity demand, and the cooperation of the Organization’s Deputy of Construction in providing financial resources for the projects, have created conditions to accelerate implementation of infrastructure projects after several months of operational constraints.
The Economic and Technical Deputy of the Kish Ports and Airports Development Company, in describing airport projects, cited the fuel-supply project as one of the important and long-delayed plans from past years that, with the Organization’s management support, has re-entered the execution phase. He emphasized: with completion of this project in the middle of next year and creation of 4.2 million liters of standard aviation fuel storage capacity, it will be possible to expand refueling services to overflying and cargo flights; a capacity that can strengthen Kish International Airport’s position in the region’s air transport network and create sustainable revenues.
He identified organizing the technical status of the air terminal as another company priority and reported progress in the implementation of the airport skylight project and the rehabilitation of utility and cooling systems. Aghaei also, referring to the inauguration of the development phase of the maintenance project in the presence of the Head of the Civil Aviation Organization, announced that construction of a fire station at the commercial port has also been placed on the executive agenda.
Aghaei then referred to maritime-sector programs and said: renovation of Pier No. 13 and reconstruction of damaged maritime infrastructure are among the company’s projects under follow-up. Also, the design and development of the architectural plan for the commercial port control tower is in progress so that the complex can be developed in line with the port’s operational needs.
He described obtaining the official Charkh maritime border permit as one of the important measures in the maritime transport and logistics sector and called it a basis for facilitating related procedures and expanding interactions with neighboring ports.
The Economic and Technical Deputy of the Kish Ports and Airports Development Company, in another part of his remarks, referring to investment capacities in the island’s transport infrastructure, announced identification and development of investment packages worth more than 19 hundred billion rials including 10 opportunities in the airport sector and 15 opportunities in the commercial port, and invited investors, economic actors and the local community to participate in implementing these projects.
It is worth noting that the series of “Sunday Accountability” sessions are held via the 124 system and, at the insistence of Mohammad Kabiri, CEO of the Kish Free Zone Organization, emphasize the necessity of direct, transparent and continuous communication between managers and the public, in order to realize citizens’ rights and address the demands of Kish residents.