Mes: julio 2018

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Megawide eyes new foreign partner in bid for Clark Airport project.

Construction and engineering group Megawide Construction Corp. may sign up within the next few days a new foreign airport operator as partner in its bid for the hotly-contested Clark International Airport operation and management (O&M) project.
GMR of India, Megawide’s first choice and its existing partner in the Mactan-Cebu project, has been disqualified from the upcoming Clark O&M bidding on July 20 due to a requirement that the technical partner must be among the top airport operators as rated by United Kingdom-based consultancy
Skytrax, which runs an airline and airport review and ranking site.

Megawide has disputed this requirement, arguing that the Skytrax rating was based on online polls and not based on the opinion of aviation experts. It said this was also not a major requirement in major airport projects around the world.

Source: Inquirer.net

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Les boutiques de Lagardère mises en concurrence

La restauration n’est pas la seule concession que la Société d’exploitation de la tour Eiffel (SETE) remet en concurrence. Jeudi 5 juillet, la société publique locale a également prévu de lancer officiellement l’appel d’offres portant cette fois sur l’exploitation des boutiques de souvenirs du monument. A ce jour, les neuf points de vente de souvenirs de la tour Eiffel sont gérés par « SCSC, filiale de Lagardère Travel Retail », précise la SETE. D’ores et déjà, sur la salle des marchés des achats publics, les groupes intéressés peuvent poser leurs questions sur le type d’alimentation électrique de ces boutiques ou les projets en matière de distribution de médailles. Le chiffre d’affaires de cette activité avait représenté 10 millions d’euros en 2016, en baisse de 16 %. Remise des offres attendue le 25 juillet.

Source: Le Monde. Economie

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Chennai: New terminal work at airport to begin soon

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) may start the construction of an integrated terminal to handle domestic and international passengers by mid-July or end of the month. With this, the authorities will start a major expansion work of the airport, almost five years after the new domestic and international terminals were commissioned in 2013.
The new building, being planned as part of phase 2 expansion of the airport, will cost 2,000 crore and is expected to be ready in four years.
Demolition of the old domestic terminal began in March and is nearing completion. The AAI has, meanwhile, finalised a contractor for building the new terminal. The integrated terminal will increase peak-hour passenger capacity by 1,000 and 4,800 on the domestic and international wings. The international terminal will be allotted more space as peak-hour footfall is expected to be at least 7,000. Plans under phase 2 development were that the AAI will demolish the old terminal and construct a new integrated one, build a multi-level car park on either side of the airport metro rail station, straighten a taxiway before the cargo terminal and build a few rapid exit taxiways.

Source: The Times of India

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Iceland’s main airport plans $1 billion expansion

The Keflavik International Airport, the entry point for almost all tourists to the country, is working on a roughly $1 billion-expansion to accommodate the crush of travelers and airlines that need more space at what’s becoming one of Europe’s hottest airports.

In 2015, the country’s airport operator ISAVIA projected that Keflavik would handle 8.8 million travelers a year by 2025. It now expects more than 10 million passengers this year and more than 17 million annual travelers in 2030. The airport is already hitting close to max capacity at certain times of the day.

The expansion includes at least 26 new gates, 16 of them connected to the airport, according to ISAVIA, which operates all of the country’s public airports. The Keflavik airport is also planning to increase retail and dining space, a welcome addition for travelers dealing with long lines for food or coffee at concession stands. The project will be funded by airline landing fees, concession and other non-aeronautical revenue and loans, airport officials say