Uzbekistan · Horizon published 20 Oct 2026 · Source published 19 October 2026 · Reviewed 20 Oct 2026
New Tashkent Airport enters EPC mobilisation, sharpening the aviation-infrastructure delivery map
Larsen & Toubro reports that it has received a limited notice to proceed for the passenger-terminal and landside scope of the New Tashkent International Airport project. Together with Uzbekistan’s public records on the project and its surrounding logistics plans, the update gives aviation, airport systems, engineering, hospitality and digital-service teams a defined asset around which to organise delivery research.
Verified facts
- Larsen & Toubro stated on 19 October 2026 that it had commenced initial activities after receiving a limited notice to proceed under the EPC contract for the New Tashkent International Airport project. Its release describes a passenger terminal and associated landside infrastructure and states a planned terminal capacity of about 17 million passengers a year. The company statement does not publish the contract value, detailed package boundaries, procurement timetable, subcontracting route, acceptance criteria or operating-access terms.
- Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Ecology recorded public hearings for the project in February 2026 as part of the environmental-impact-assessment process. Its account identifies the Ministry of Transport, Uzbekistan Airports, Vision Invest and Sojitz among the project participants and notes that the project is being developed in the Kuyichirchik and Urtachirchik districts. The hearing record is evidence of an environmental-review step, not a construction permit, supplier approval or commercial opportunity.
- The Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade reported in its first-quarter PPP update that negotiations with Vision Invest, Sojitz and Incheon regarding construction of the airport had been completed. Separately, the President’s office said in September that a master plan was needed to integrate the airport, advanced logistics hubs and surrounding urban development. Those statements support an asset-and-ecosystem research frame; they do not establish a live tender, logistics-hub operator, airline route, cargo volume or buyer appointment.
- The project’s stated passenger capacity is a design reference, not evidence of present airport throughput, airline service, cargo capacity, visitor demand or a completed operating model. Any commercial use case needs current confirmation from the responsible project, airport and regulatory parties.
Horizon view
The transition into reported EPC mobilisation makes New Tashkent Airport a more concrete infrastructure reference for companies with a specific airport, landside, logistics, hospitality, retail, systems, safety, training or digital-service proposition. The most credible early work is not broad outreach. It is a package-and-operator map that distinguishes the EPC delivery route from the future airport, cargo, logistics and commercial-services routes.
Commercial implication and next step
Build a project-specific account file before pursuing any introduction or offer: confirm the legal employer, project company, airport owner and future operator; obtain the current contract, package and decision map through authorised sources; separate civil works, terminal systems, baggage, security, ICT, airside, landside, energy, retail, hospitality and logistics-hub scopes; verify environmental, aviation, customs, border, data, cyber, labour, local-content and site-access conditions; and document local engineering, installation, commissioning, maintenance, spare-parts, insurance, warranty, payment, currency and claims responsibilities. Treat the airport and surrounding logistics ecosystem as separate demand and contracting questions, then test each with an accountable counterparty and written route to market.
What to verify before acting
The sources do not establish a current tender, prequalification, subcontract, package allocation, contract value, project finance, completion date, site access, airline route, cargo volume, logistics-hub concession, supplier appointment, buyer demand, price, payment, contract or transaction. This is not Uzbekistan aviation, procurement, construction, customs, immigration, transport, data-protection, tax, insurance or legal advice.
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