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Bulgaria has extended the deadline for submitting bids to run Sofia airport for a second time, to Jan. 29, after numerous requests for clarification about the concession contract, a transport ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, reports Rueters.
Source: Novinite.com
Uzbekistan is considering establishing a separate structure for airports and issuing tenders for the operation of the airports by investors with the aim of enhancing the level of service, according to Deputy Prime Minister Aziz Abdukhakimov.
Uzbekistan may issue tenders for the operation of airports by investors;
It is shifting its stance on the private sector as it belatedly moves away from inherent Soviet bloc thinking;
There is already a foreign loan agreement in place at Tashkent, and the new terminal will be operated by the state airline.
Mr Abdukhakimov added that there is “serious intent” in relation to air services, with plans to enhance the effectiveness of the deployment of the national aircraft fleet and for the attraction of foreign carriers to expand the network. Uzbekistan also plans to evaluate the government regulation system for air services. (Investors are always looking for light-handed regulation, of course).
Uzbekistan is the only double-landlocked country (i.e. it is surrounded by other landlocked countries) in Central Asia and thus is highly dependent on air services. Uzbekistan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Tajikistan to the southeast; Afghanistan to the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest.
The population, based on 2017 data, is estimated at 33 million.
In the aviation sector, there are 12 airports currently with international scheduled service. The largest is Tashkent Isram Karimov International with 3-4 million passengers per annum (no official figures have been released in the last three years), which would logically be the primary target for any investors. It is the third busiest airport in Central Asia after the Almaty and Astana airports in Kazakhstan.
Source: The Blue Swan
‘In principle’ nod by Cabinet to PPP projects for ‘world-class’ non-metro airportsThe Union Cabinet on Thursday gave an “in principle” approval for operating, managing and developing six non-metro airports — Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru — under a Public Private Partnership (PPP).
The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given “…in-principle approval for leasing out six airports of Airport Authority of India (AAI)…for operation, management and development under PPP,” the government said in a statement.
Presently, airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Cochin are managed under the PPP model. The PPP mode has helped create world-class airports, while also helping the AAI increase its revenues, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters.
This will be done through the Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC). Additionally, a committee headed by NITI Aayog CEO with the Aviation Secretary, Economic Affairs Secretary and Expenditure Secretary as its members, has been set up to decide on any issue falling beyond the scope of the PPPAC.
“PPP in infrastructure projects brings efficiency in service delivery, expertise, enterprise and professionalism, apart from harnessing the needed investments in the public sector,” the official statement said.
The airport sector is a top contender among infrastructure sectors in terms of international interest. “International operators and investors prefer brownfield airport expansion opportunities with having more than 3-4 million passenger capacity,” the statement said.
Source: The Hindu
State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II (AP II) is eyeing to manage the Clark International Airport in Manila part of its plans to expand internationally.
“We are invited [to take part in a tender] along with AirAsia,” AP II finance director Andra Y Agusalam said in Jakarta on Wednesday.
AP II had submitted a document of the tender that was also followed by operators of Zurich International Airport in Switzerland and the Changi International Airport in Singapore, Andra said.
He added that AP II president director Muhammad Awaluddin would go to Manila for the tender process.
The cost to manage the airport, which was a former United States airbase, is reported to be about Rp 350 billion (US$23.91 million).
“Our calculation is that 35 percent of the consortium is Rp 350 billion,” he added.
AP II currently operates dozens of airports in Indonesia, including the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, the largest airport in the country.
Source: The Jakarta Post