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Basra International Airport to reopen in July 2005

(17 Dec 2004) 1. Exterior of Basra International Airport with sign 2. Various of domestic arrival entrance 3. Front of airport with traffic lanes 4. Two guards walking under entrance to departures 5. Pan of entrance with statue 6. Air traffic control tower 7. Pan of signs for airport services like taxi, toilets, restaurant, post 8. Various of blank departures board 9. Various of front lobby with empty stalls 10. Woven rugs hanging next to airport stall 11. Airport shop with snack and drink machines 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Captain Piers Cavill, spokesman for British 4th Armoured Brigade: "The deputy minister of transport, Mr. Atta, and Her Majesty's ambassador to Baghdad recently signed an agreement known as the Memorandum of Understanding on the 14th of December. This will cover the provision of airfield services for water, sewers, electricity, and also security of the new Basra Airport that will be opening in July 2005. The provision of security services will be provided by the Defence and Border Enforcement and this should number about 300 people who'll be available to do this in July." 13. Cavill walking with Iraqi official 14. Cavill and Iraqi official talking next to bank of check-in desks 15. Various of sign reading "Airline Offices" 16. Signs showing flight number and destination STORYLINE: Basra International Airport, which escaped years of bombs and looting but never really opened to the public, will begin serving commercial and passenger air traffic next July, British and US military officials said on Thursday. A US $4.9 million dollar renovation of the terminal, funded by the United States, includes the air traffic control tower, a spokesman for the US Army Corps of Engineers said. Airport services like water, sewers, electricity, and security are covered in an agreement signed this week between Britain and Iraq, said Captain Piers Cavill, a spokesman for the British 4th Armoured Brigade. The Corps spokesman said a contract for navigational aids is up for bid, and funding for fire services and fuel lines is still needed. The airport was never really functional, and rumours are that it was only opened when VIPs visited the country, the US Army Corps of Engineers said. Still, the airport managed to avoid a decade of war, embargo, and looting. The marble floors and walls still shine and the airport's art is still intact, according to the Corps spokesman. He said the Army Corps of Engineers is repairing the air conditioning, electrical, and plumbing units along with elevators and escalators, baggage claim areas, conveyor belts, and architecture. More than 800 people used to work at the airport, the Corps spokesman said, and authorities are hoping to rehire them and train them on the new systems. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...