AIIB extends E140m loan to Turkey’s Antalya airport operator

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Monday it has extended a E140m loan to the operator of Turkey’s Antalya airport to improve its existing runway capacity and terminal infrastructure. The capex bridge loan is the AIIB’s first non-sovereign backed financing transaction in the airport industry, the statement said, and the financing package is provided in partnership with the International Finance Corporation, a part of the World Bank Group, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. <br/>