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Qimam Azmar Airport Management Company

Investment licence of the National Investment Commission, for the project: Rehabilitation and operation of Kirkuk airport.

شركة قمم أزمر لإدارة المطارات

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Legal status

Not charged as of the date of writing

Not charged as of the date of writing. No court case, Integrity Commission or audit-bureau finding, licence withdrawal, sanctions designation or credible press accusation naming the company was found (status as of 5 October 2026).

The licence as listed

The list of licensed projects of the National Investment Commission.
Licensing body
National Investment Commission
Licence number
344/2020
Date of grant
4 February 2020
Sector
Transport
Project
Rehabilitation and operation of Kirkuk airport
تأهيل وتشغيل مطار كركوك
Licensee
شركة قمم أزمر لإدارة المطارات (Iraqi)
Province
Kirkuk
Location
كركوك
Stated cost
$101 million
State of the project
Not reported

Who is behind the licensee

company

The owners and managers were not identified in the sources that were read.

What official and press reports say

Official findings
None found naming the company. For context on the project (not the licensee): Kirkuk Now reported on 16 October 2022 that, on 26 July 2019, the Federal Integrity Commission said in a report that only 1 per cent of the airport's construction was complete and that the government had allocated USD 93.5 million to the project. That report predates licence 344/2020 and does not name Qimam Azmar.
What became of the project
NIC licence 344/2020 (dated 2 April 2020 in the register) to rehabilitate and operate Kirkuk Airport, cost USD 101,031,000. On 28 April 2020 Kurdistan24 reported that completion of Kirkuk International Airport had reached 90 per cent. On 28 October 2020 a consulting team from the University of Technology, invited by the Civil Aviation Authority to verify and certify the work carried out, met representatives of the Authority and of 'شركة قمم ازمر' at the airport. Transport Minister Nasser al-Shibli inaugurated the airport on 16 October 2022 (Anadolu Agency). Kurdistan24 reported on 18 October 2022 that an unnamed 'investing company' runs the airport under an investment arrangement.
Other contracts with the state
None found in the sources checked.

Sources

  1. زيارة مطار كركوك الدولي, University of Technology, Baghdad – Scientific and Engineering Consulting Bureau, 28 October 2020 Tier A
    جرى خلال الزيارة اجتماع بين ممثلي سلطة الطيران المدني وممثلي شركة قمم ازمر والفريق الاستشاري
  2. كركوك تستعجل "الحلم" وتتحرك على رخصة طيران دولية, Kurdistan24, 28 April 2020 Tier D
    مراحل إنجاز مطار كركوك الدولي وصلت إلى 90 بالمئة
  3. Iraq opens new airport in Kirkuk, Anadolu Agency, 16 October 2022 Tier D
    Iraqi Transport Minister Nasser Al-Shibli inaugurated the first-ever international airport in the northern city of Kirkuk on Sunday.
  4. مطار كركوك يحدّد موعد استقبال أولى رحلاته الجوية, Kurdistan24, 18 October 2022 Tier D
    الشركة تدير المطار بالاستثمار إلا أن العائدات المالية ستكون قليلة
  5. Inauguration of Kirkuk airport "coincidence and surprise", Kirkuk Now, 16 October 2022 Tier D
    on 26 July 2019, the Federal Integrity Commission stressed in a report that 'only 1% of the construction of Kirkuk International Airport completed, and it will take several years for the airport to be ready for opening.'