Resources for Bogotá airport Expansion
- CAF signs a loan agreement with OPAIN to complete modernization of Bogotá’s El Dorado Luis Carlos Galán International Airport.
- IDB and the China Development Bank join CAF in this unprecedented financing operation.
In this unprecedented operation, senior lenders CAF –development bank of Latin America, – the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and China Development Bank (CDB) came together to support Colombia’s most important airport project, the first time the three institutions join efforts in an endeavor of this nature.
CAF President Enrique García highlighted the financial institution’s catalytic role as a driver of Latin America's relations with Asia, Europe and North America, through agreements with major financial and development institutions in these regions, which has enabled it to attract new resources to finance projects in Latin America.
As the main international gateway to Colombia, El Dorado Luis Carlos Galán International Airport handles more cargo than any other in Latin America and is the region’s third busiest airport in passenger traffic. El Dorado’s main passenger terminal was built in 1959. In 2006, Colombia’s civil aviation regulator, the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics (Aerocivil), awarded OPAIN SA the concession to modernize the terminal and add new cargo facilities.
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