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India: Six airports to be developed

‘In principle’ nod by Cabinet to PPP projects for ‘world-class’ non-metro airports

The 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.

‘Increase revenues’

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

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Austin-Bergstrom International Airport expansions ready to take off

Though Austin has grown to be the nation’s 11th-largest city, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport ranked 34th in departures among U.S. airports in 2017. That could be changing. ABIA’s 2040 Master Plan includes plans to expand to add 32 gates over the next two decades. Those gates, in addition to the nine new gates set to open this spring, will help bring in a projected 31 million annual passengers.

(rendering courtesy Austin Bergstrom International Airport)

Responding to tremendous population growth across its 21-county service region, a blossoming tourism industry and increasing demand, Austin’s largest airport and one of its surrounding reliever airports are investing heavily in expansion plans.

On the heels of a $350 million, nine-gate expansion set to open this spring, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has plans to add an additional 32 gates—an evolution that would put the airport on par with Texas’ largest international airports.

“We can be as big as DFW,” said Lyn Estabrook, Planning and Development manager for ABIA, referring to the airport’s ability to handle travelers.

Austin City Council on Nov. 1 passed ABIA’s 40-year master plan after receiving a presentation two days prior. Designed in response to rapidly growing demand, the document outlines ABIA’s infrastructure map and development plans.

Out at Austin Executive Airport, a privately owned reliever airport nestled in Pflugerville’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, officials have built multiple hangars and an air traffic-control tower in the past 12 months. Those improvements came in response to and in anticipation of continually increasing demand, according to Jodie Kaluza, airport manager for Austin Executive Airport.

“We’ve seen, since opening [in 2011]to today, about a 40 percent increase in business across the board,” Kaluza said.

EXPANDING ABIA

By 2030 officials at ABIA plan to grow the airport by 20 gates, and that is excluding the ongoing nine-gate development scheduled to open this spring. Those additional 20 gates would be constructed as a separate terminal to run parallel to the existing Barbara Jordan Terminal at ABIA.

Ultimately, ABIA officials are planning to add 32 total gates by the end of 2040. The full terminal expansion will enable ABIA to handle 31 million passengers annually, Estabrook says — approximately double the number of travelers the airport currently serves.

With those gates, Estabrook states ABIA can offer more direct flights nationally and internationally.

ABIA added direct flights to Europe via British Airways, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Lufthansa in the past year alone, per Estabrook. ABIA now offers more than 80 total direct flights. The planned gate expansions will soon allow ABIA to process multiple Airbus A380s, the largest commercial airplanes in the industry, on its runways for the first time ever.

Source: Community Impact Newspaper

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DFW International Airport to get new Panda Express, more duty-free stores

Travelers at DFW International Airport will have some new places to eat, drink and shop next year, with airport officials giving the green light on several new concessions contracts Tuesday.
First up is a new Panda Express that will take over a space formerly occupied by Genghis Grill in Terminal E near Gate E33. In addition to the chain’s American Chinese menu, visitors will also be able to purchase a drink at a bar that’s planned for the space.
It will be the airport’s second Panda Express, joining an existing location in Terminal B.
The new Panda Express will be joining the airport’s first ever Whataburger, planned to open next year, as new dining options in Terminal E.
Airport officials also signed off on two new duty-free stores in Terminal A and Terminal C, where American Airlines has begun operating some international flights outside of the main international gateway in Terminal D.
The Terminal A duty-free shop will take over a space near Gate A25 that was formerly occupied by Swarovski, while the duty-free shop near Terminal C’s Gate C10 will replace a news and gift store.
Both will be operated by TRG Duty Free Joint Venture (the joint-venture led by DFASS and Texas retailer CBI Retail Ventures), which also operates duty-free space in Terminal D. The company opened the country’s largest duty-free store covering 17,400 square feet in Terminal D last year.
Airport officials said the new duty-free stores are expected to be open by April ,1.
Both the Panda Express and duty-free stores were approved by airport board of director committees Tuesday. The full board is scheduled to vote on the items Thursday.

Source: The Dallas Monrning News

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Indonesian operator seeks to manage Philippines airport

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