The contract covers four international airports (the capital city Praia, Sal, S茫o Vicente and Boa Vista) and three domestic airports (S茫o Nicolau, S茫o Filipe and Maio).
Vinci Airports and its Portuguese subsidiary ANA (owning, respectively, 70% and 30% stakes in the concession company) will be responsible for financing, operating, maintaining, extending and upgrading the airports until 2063.
It is the first concession contract signed by Vinci Airports in Africa.
The financial arrangements for the project are expected to be finalised by mid-2023, when the new concession company will begin operating the airports.
Vinci鈥檚 plan is to help grow tourism in the islands as well as put in solar and wind power at the airports.
鈥淥ur shared vision is to boost the country鈥檚 tourism industry through a long-term growth strategy, 鈥� said Nicolas Notebaert, CEO of Vinci Concessions and president of Vinci Airports. 鈥淚mproving the airports鈥� links and performance will have a positive impact on the country. Vinci Airports is deeply committed to helping the Cape Verde archipelago realise its full potential over the course of this long-term partnership.鈥�
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