DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
RENEWED TRUST
VINCI Airports, concession holder of six airports in the Dominican Republic since 2016 through its subsidiary Aerodom, had its contract – initially scheduled to end in 2030 – extended by the government by 30 years in late 2023. That extension confirms the success of the various projects carried out by VINCI Airports: upgrading passenger terminals, opening a new cargo terminal at Santo Domingo in 2020, and developing several solar plants producing a total of 7.5 MWp to decarbonise airport operations. Aerodom saw traffic at its airports increase by 22% in 2024 compared to 2019 levels. As part of this new contract, VINCI Airports will build and operate a new passenger terminal at Santo Domingo airport and continue to implement its environmental action plan by developing solar plants, a wastewater treatment plant and waste management centres.
CZECH REPUBLIC
THE COUNTRY’S FIRST PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP HIGHWAY PROJECT
The new D4 Via Salis went into service in December 2024 the first time that the Czech Republic has selected a public-private partnership for a highway. The project was awarded to a consortium led by VINCI Highways, representing an investment of around €530 million. Carried out with VINCI Construction CZ and completed in less than four years, the project upgraded 16 km of existing road and created a new 32-km highway between Central and South Bohemia.
The new infrastructure also improves connections between rural areas of South Bohemia and other important economic regions in Germany and Austria. The new highway meets high standards in terms of quality of service, with video monitoring along the entire route and, in a first for the Czech Republic, VINCI Highways uses BIM at the operation phase.