The government has signed an agreement with a Dubai-based company, SKA Air and Logistics, to run Mogadishu's international airport. The ten-year deal, which was announced on December 27th, covers the renovation and upgrading of infrastructure at the airport, according to the SKA spokesman in Somalia, Yusuf Sheikh Ali, who released no other details. Mogadishu's airport is one of the areas under the control of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) and transitional federal government (TFG) troops, although it is vulnerable to mortar fire from the insurgents. SKA is a specialist provider of aviation services in risky places. It been operational in Iraq since 2003 and has recently expanded into Kuwait, the UAE and Afghanistan.