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Low-cost Airlines Want to Join in on the Sofia Airport Concession

The deadline for submitting tenders for the Sofia Airport concession was extended due to the great interest of the candidates in the procedure. This was announced by Minister of Transport Rosen Zhelyazkov during the forum «Entrepreneurship, Development, Perspectives», which took place in Pomorie. In his words, specifically interested in the airport are budget airlines, reports money.bg

«The interest of the low-cost companies at Sofia Airport is enormous, many of the big European operators are asking questions, so we extended the bidding period in the concession procedure by January 29,» Zhelyazkov said, quoted by the GERB press office. The Secretary of State has not identified specific companies that have shown interest in the airport concession. The most significant presence at the airport in the capital by low-cost companies are the Hungarian WizzAir and the Irish Ryanair . Flights from and to Sofia also have the British EasyJet. However, these companies do not develop business as airport operators.

So far confirmed interest in the concession comes from the British company Manchester Airport Group (MAG), which confirmed in October that they will participate in the procedure together with the Chinese Beijing Engineering Engeneering Group. The company operates three airports in the UK – Manchester, London Stansted and the East Midlands.

Later it became clear that the Spanish AENA would also be included in the race for Sofia Airport. It is the world’s largest airport operator by number of passengers, managing 46 airports in Spain, holding a share of Luton Airport in London and managing another 15 airports in South America. As possible participants in the procedure were also the Spanish Ferrovial, which manages airports in the UK and has participated in Heathrow, as well as several French companies. They are Bouygues, as well as Groupe ADP, which operates 26 airports, including Paris’ Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Boulevard. Participation can also be made by the airport operator in Burgas and Varna Fraport, as well as by another French company – Alliance Avia. According to the information, there could also be a Greek side with the company Terna, as well as with Italian companies.

Source: Novonite

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Argentina: Inversión de $6.000 M para el aeropuerto de Córdoba

El Ministro de Transporte, Guillermo Dietrich, anunció hoy en el aeropuerto Ambrosio Taravella de la capital cordobesa la ampliación y remodelación de la terminal a través de una inversión de $6.000 millones. Las obras, a cargo de Transporte y AA2000, se ejecutarán en los próximos 2 años y generarán 3.300 empleos

Las obras incluyen la ampliación de los dos edificios actuales, con nuevos mostradores de atención al cliente o puestos de Check-In, nuevas mangas o pasarelas, áreas más amplias de espera y áreas de embarque, nuevas cintas de equipaje, entre otras mejoras. También la pista quedará completamente repavimentada, con nuevas calles de rodaje y balizamiento y se triplicarán los estacionamientos, se sumará un nuevo edificio para bomberos y tecnología de aeronavegación.

En los últimos 3 años, la terminal cordobesa se consolidó como un hub de vuelos, multiplicando su número de pasajeros y cantidad de vuelos locales e internacionales.

Mientras que en 2015 solo utilizaron la terminal 1,5 millones de pasajeros, en 2018 se llegó a los 3,3 millones. En octubre, el crecimiento fue del 27% en el mercado doméstico respecto del año pasado, y en septiembre los pasajeros internacionales crecieron 20%.

Las conexiones de vuelos domésticas eran 6 en 2015 y hoy se triplicaron a 19 mientras que las conexiones internacionales desde y hacia la terminal cordobesa son 15.

Source: El Economista. Argentina

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Bahamas: Plans For Two New Family Island Airports

The government still intends to build two new family island airports by way of public private partnership, Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said Friday.

Exuma and North Eleuthera are to receive upgraded airports next, the minister said as he explained that those with the highest activity will be prioritised. He said Friday he wants to begin one new facility every six months.

More than eight months ago, Mr D’Aguilar told the House of Assembly of these plans. At the time he told members each project could cost around $35m. The high cost presents a compelling case for the use of PPPs in this instance.

The minister was asked Friday about the state of airports in the country and how officials intended to keep up with better tourist arrivals, which they said have been exceptional this year.

“So as you know there are 28 airports in the family islands. There is a lot of airports,” he said.“The amount of funds to upgrade them all to world class level is beyond our budget. So we are in a systematic way gonna do the busiest airports first.

“In 2011/2012 they did the Marsh Harbour airport. Based on a study that was done the next busiest one is Exuma. The one after that is North Eleuthera. So we are going to focus on those two next.

“Exuma I think we are very close to finishing the design of that. We’re very close to putting that out to bid. Obviously to build these airports will require funds and so the government is exploring public private partnerships.

Going to these private sector companies and saying look we would like to develop this airport are you prepared to partner with us in coming up with the funds and leading the construction?

“Because if you do one airport at a time it will take forever. So my vision is we gotta start Exuma and then six months later start North Eleuthera and that’s going to require a lot of funds in order to do that so we have to look to the private sector to see where they can assist in helping us to achieve our goal to deliver a much better airport product.

“In many instances tourism and tourism infrastructure has outgrown the airport and we need a bigger airport to accommodate the growth.

Source: Tribune 242

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Incheon Int’l Airport to join San Miguel on developing new Manila airport

The Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) will work together with Filipino multinational company San Miguel Corp. on developing the Philippines’ new airport near Manila.

IIAC said Sunday that it has entered into the memorandum of understanding with San Miguel Corp, the Philippines’ largest company to cooperate on developing a new international airport in Bulacan province, about 40 kilometers northwest from Manila.

San Miguel currently is waiting for the Filipino government’s final awarding of the new airport project worth about 17.5 trillion won ($15.5 billion). In April, it gained an approval on its unsolicited proposal of opening a new airport, dubbed New Manila International Airport that it submitted in 2016. Once awarded, San Miguel will be given the rights to build and operate the new Manila airport for 50 years. The company plans to set up the new airport with as many as four parallel runways to serve over 100 million passengers yearly.

The Philippines’ capital Manila already has a main air gateway Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport but it already has reached its saturation point. Last year, a total of 42 million people traveled through the airport, exceeding its annual service capacity of 31 million.

IIAC said the New Manila International Airport will be constructed on reclaimed land just like the Incheon International Airport itself, allowing it to share its experience on constructing and operating the airport with San Miguel. It plans to work with the Filipino primarily on operating the new airport.

Source: Pulse