# L&T starts work on ultra-mega Tashkent airport project 2026-10-19T16:16:40+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Larsen & Toubro on Monday, 19 October, said it has begun initial work on the New Tashkent International Airport in Uzbekistan, which it classifies as an ultra-mega project (valued over Rs 15,000 crore). The company's public spaces, airports and health vertical received a limited notice to proceed from the PPP consortium developing the airport. L&T has started engineering, design, planning and procurement, with full construction to begin after the consortium issues the final notice to proceed. The greenfield airport, set to be developed between 2026 and 2030 on a 1,310-hectare site, will eventually handle up to 46 million passengers a year. L&T's scope includes a passenger terminal for about 17 million passengers annually, site grading, roads, MEP services and advanced airport systems. The consortium behind the project includes Saudi Arabia's Vision International Investment Company (45%), Japan's Sojitz Corporation (30%), South Korea's Incheon International Airport Corporation (15%) and Uzbekistan Airports (10%). ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three outlets report the same facts from L&T's statement, leading with the LNTP and the ultra-mega classification. CNBC-TV18 and Economic Times add the share price reaction and L&T's Q2 results date, while Fortune India provides the most detail on project investment ($3 billion overall, $2.5 billion for phase one), the consortium shareholding, and capacity figures. None adopts a critical or pro-government stance: the coverage is uniform straight reporting of a corporate announcement. The implication is that the project's scale and L&T's global EPC credentials are the clear takeaway for investors and infrastructure watchers. L&T's Q2 results are due on 27 October. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - cnbctv18.com (neutral report) Straight corporate announcement with stock price and Q2 results date - fortuneindia.com (neutral report) Detailed neutral report with project investment and consortium details - economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Concise neutral wire-style report on LNTP and project scope This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Larsen & Toubro, New Tashkent International Airport, Uzbekistan, Vision International Investment Company Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/lt-starts-work-on-ultra-mega-tashkent-airport-project/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/lt-starts-work-on-ultra-mega-tashkent-airport-project/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/