In the framework of events dated to the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence, new terminal of "Zvartnots" airport will be put into operation on September 16, airport's press office announced. It should be noted, that in the past 20 years this is the largest public construction project commissioned in Armenia. The total project budget amounted US$ 224 million. Total area of the new complex is 34 thousand square meters; a registration hall consists of 46 check-in desks and a new two-storey 20 thousand square meters parking area for 600 cars. The new terminal is equipped with central heating, modern and high-quality ventilation system. The building also has a 9-point earthquake resistance. Works on upgrading the international airport "Zvartnots" began in 2002, and the construction of a new terminal in 2008.

On September 9 Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will launch the official operation of the Dubai Metro Green Line, which spans 23 kilometers and comprises 16 stations, reported Gulf News. The Red and Green lines of Dubai Metro will intersect twice; first time at the Union Station; which is the biggest underground metro station in the world spanning an area of 25 thousand square meters, and second time at Khalid bin Al Waleed Station; which is one of the most dazzling metro stations across the globe. Metro riders can transfer between the two lines through these two stations. According to the article, 14 trains will be operated during peak hours and 10 trains during off-peak hours with a service frequency (headway) ranging from 6 to 8 minutes. Accordingly, the number of trains operated on both the Red and Green lines will shoot to 50 trains during peak times and 28 trains during off-peak times. As reported by 2daydubai.com, work officially commenced on the construction on metro on March 21, 2006, groundwork's began in February, 2006. The first phase (US$ 4.2 billion) covers 35 kilometers of the proposed network, and the second phase (US$ 12 billion) includes extensions to the initial routes on both lines. The red line of Dubai metro opened to public on September 9, 2009.

The construction of the Akhalkalaki railway station will start in two weeks within the frameworks of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway construction, Georgian Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure Ramaz Nikolaishvili said on August 11, apsny.ge reports. According to Nikolaishvili, the railroad has a strategic importance. A new road with the length of 29 km in the territory of Georgia and a new station will be constructed in Akhalkalaki, district of Georgia's Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakhketi province. The project is estimated at over US$ 600 million. For construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, at first Azerbaijan allocate US$ 200 million loan to Georgia, then US$ 575 million. It is planned, that railway will be put into operation at the end of the next year.

Investment program (Program 1 and Program 2) of "North-South" road corridor was presented on August 10 in Yerevan. According to Press-center of the Ministery of Transport and Communications, total length of the road is about 556 kilometers, which will link the Black Sea and other european countries through Armenia and Georgia. Crossing Armenia's territory from the south to the north (Meghri, Kapan-Goris-Yerevan-Ashtarak-Gyumry-Bavra), the corridor will join the Georgian road. The program funding is divided into separate tranches and government has already signed a US$ 500 million investment agreement with Asia Development Bank. It should be noted, that the first loan agreement was signed on October 12, 2009, the second one this year on May 30. On August 2 the Ministery of Transport and Communications announced a tender for construction works of road sections Yerevan-Ashtarak (11,71 kilometers), Yerevan-Ararat (38 kilometers) and Ashtarak-Talin (42 kilometers). "North-South" road corridor investment program is planned to be completed in 2017.

According to the Airports of Thailand (AoT) chairman Teerapol Noprampa, the executive board of AoT has approved a US$ 5.5 billion budget for the expansion of Suvarnabhumi airport, reported bangkokpost.com. The meeting agreed with the "single airport" concept favoured by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). It had approved a plan to expand Suvarnabhumi airport to enable it to handle 103 million people a year by 2024. The expansion plan is in three phases. The first stage, from 2013-2016, covers construction of a domestic passenger terminal, a third runway, car-park building for domestic passengers and internal linking road system. The projected cost is US$ 732 million. The second phase, from 2017-2020, is cost at US$ 1.47 billion and includes expansion of both domestic and foreign passenger terminals and the construction of a fourth runway. The third phase, from 2020-2024, with a total budget of US$ 3.30 billion, is for the construction of a fifth runway, additional passenger terminals and the expansion of car parking space. Mr Teerapol said the AoT plans to move its remaining services for domestic passengers at Don Mueang airport to Suvarnabhumi airport in 2016. Suvarnabhumi airport opened on October 2006 and by the end of 2007 the airport passenger traffic exceeded 40 million per year. In 2010 Suvarnabhumi airport took seventeenth place in the world by it's passenger traffic (more than 42 million per year) and fifth place in Asia, after Beijing, Tokyo, Honk-Kong and Dubai airports.