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Bhogapuram International Airport: Zurich, Munich, Incheon among seven bidders for Andhra project

Seven bidders have submitted offers, competing to build the Rs 4,200-crore greenfield Bhogapuram International Airport project in Andhra Pradesh.
Virender Singh, CEO, Andhra Pradesh Airports Development Corporation (APDCL), told FE the authority has received bids from a joint venture of Zurich Airport and a local bank, Essel Infraprojects in a joint venture with Munich Airport, Reliance Infrastructure in a joint venture with South Korea’s Incheon Airport, GVK, GMR, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) along with AviAlliance, and Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) in a joint venture with Mauritius-based I Investments. He said the the winning bidder will be announced by the end of the month.

The airport is to be developed in three phases at an approximate cost of Rs 4,200 crore. The winning bidder will develop the airport which will have a capacity to accommodate 6 million passengers annually at the end of the first phase of construction, growing to 12 million at the end of the second phase and finally, to 18 million at the end of the third phase when construction of the airport will be fully completed. The developer is to recover his expenses from revenue sharing and from property development rights in the area which will be allotted to them. The project will be awarded to the bidder offering the highest revenue share. The concession period is for 40 years and can be extended by another 20 years, Singh told FE.

The Bhogapuram airport has been delayed due to various reasons. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) had pipped GMR in 2017 to win the right to develop the airport but this was cancelled by the Andhra Pradesh government in January this year. The state government also expanded the scope of the project from a “mere airport to an integrated airport”, according to an official release issued in January.

AAI had won the bid after it offered a revenue share of 30.2%, compared to GMR’s 21.6%. As per the new tender, the winning bidder will now have to develop the airport as a hub for aircraft MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) activities as well as operate an aviation training institute. The airport is to be built about 40 km from Visakhapatnam.

Source: Financial Express

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Govt needs investors to build new Zambo airport

The construction of a new world-class airport in the city will depend upon the buy-in of large scale investors, an official from the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) says.
«The funding (for the airport) will be the fruit of a public-private partnership,» said Raymond Peter Esperat, MinDA’s Development Management Officer. «But we still have to look for investors.»
The initial estimated project cost is around Php9.87-Billion, a report from the City Government reveals.
This new airport to be sited 17 kilometers away from the city proper in barangay Mercedes-Talabaan is eyed to be world-class with state of the art facilities. International flights starting with Malaysia and Indonesia are to be expected with more passengers and cargo movements.
Local government officials believe that this new airport,when completed, will usher in more development opportunities, bring in more tourists and ease the traffic situation in the city proper.
Asked on a possible timeline for the completion of this project, Mr. Esperat said, «it’s too early to say.» Currently, a team of engineers from a private firm has been contracted to undertake a feasibility study of the project site.
Earlier this year, former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the airport is expected to be completed within 4-5 years.
In addition to the airport, proposed projects that are seen to benefit the city include the construction of the Zamboanga Ecozone Port and the TransMindanao High Speed Railway System Project. But Esperat says the timeline is still «too early to tell,» and adds that these projects, including the new Zamboanga airport are priorities of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Source: Malayia Sun

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Saudi to launch new SAR2.5bn airport project in Jazan

A new SAR2.5bn ($66.6m) airport project is set to be launched in the Saudi city of Jazan on Monday, the official Saudi press Agency (SPA) reported.

The King Abdullah airport project, which will be implemented at a site located 30km north of the centre of Jazan city, is located on a total area of 57,500 square metres.

The project will be implemented within three and a half years and is slated to be “one of the most important developmental projects and cultural landmarks” in the Jazan region, the report stated.

Saudi Arabia’s aviation market is seeing strong growth on the back of the kingdom’s ambitious Vision 2030 programme, which aims to diversify the economy.

The country’s airports recorded 8 per cent passenger growth in 2017, to reach 91.8 million, with numbers anticipated to hit 100 million in 2018, according to GACA.

The Saudi government has also approved an expansion plan for the country’s airports, which will see old airports renovated and new ones constructed.

There are 26 airports in Saudi Arabia with commercial services, with Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam and Madinah handling more than five million passengers each in 2017.

The planned expansion includes the redevelopment of the airports in Abha, Al Ahsa, Al Qassim, Arar, Hail and Jazan, as well as new terminals at the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. There are also plans to develop new airports in Al-Qunfudah, Farasan Island and Taif, Riyadh North and Riyadh South.

Source: Gulf News

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Turkish firm to start building Sudan’s ‘biggest airport’

A Turkish construction company will start building Sudan’s biggest airport early next year, according to the firm’s chair.

“We will lay the foundation for the Khartoum International Airport in the first quarter of 2019 and complete it in less than 36 months,” Selim Bora, the chair of the construction firm Summa, told state-run Anadolu Agency.

Bora stated that the three-phase project is worth $1.15 billion.

“First we will build a terminal with a 6 million-person [annual] capacity along with all infrastructure services, runways, and airport aprons,” he said.

Bora added that the airport’s annual capacity will reach 9 million in the second phase and 12 million in the third phase.

The project, developed on the build-operate-transfer model, is currently in the design phase, he said.

Saying that Sudan has the largest surface area in Africa, Bora added the airport will also serve other countries in the region.

“Airports in Cairo and Addis Ababa are currently the most important and effective ones on the continent,” he noted.

Investing in Africa since 2007

Bora said he hoped the air passenger traffic in those airports will shift to Khartoum International Airport, which enjoys geographical advantages.

He said Summa entered the African market in 2007 by doing several projects in Libya and then in Equatorial Guinea.

The company has continued African projects in countries such as Senegal, Rwanda, Congo, Niger, Sudan, and Benin, he added.

“Niger will host next year’s African Union Summit next July, so the country needs infrastructure services and investments,” Bora said.

He said the renovation of an airport and construction of a five-star hotel in Niger will be completed in July 2019.

In March Summa signed the deal with Sudan’s Finance Ministry to build the new Khartoum airport.

Source: Hürriyet Daily News