Airline Support Facilities project awarded at NDIA

Aktor SA, a subsidiary company of Elliniki Technodomiki TEB Group has announced its involvement in the construction of the Airline Support Facilities of the New Doha International Airport in Joint Venture with the local company Al Darwish Engineering, the Cypriot company Cybarco and the Italian company Cimolai. The project value is $199 million and will be completed in December 2008. Aktor SA is the leader in the above Joint Venture with its share of participation reaching 40 per cent. Concessionaire of the project is the NDIA Steering Committee, while the American company Bechtel has undertaken the representation of the customer within the framework of the EPCM contract (engineering, procurement and construction management).

    MIDDLE EAST -  UAE

      GCAA awards new aviation contracts

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has awarded an AED100m contract to Athena Emirates, to build the Sheikh Zayed Centre, a new Air Navigations Services Centre, located at Raha area two km west of Abu Dhabi International Airport. The project will be completed within 14 months, by November 2007. The site will house two main buildings designated the Area Control Centre building and the Emergency Area Control Centre building. GCAA also signed two AED81 million contracts with the Raytheon Company and with Park Air Systems in September for Sheikh Zayed Centre. Another contract was awarded to Park Air Systems by the GCAA to integrate UAE’s nationwide ground-to-air communications system connecting pilots with air-traffic controllers. Park Air Systems' GAREX 220 Voice Communication Control System (VCCS) and PAE T6 Multimode Digital Radio (MDR) will integrate the entire voice communication systems and VHF/UHF radio facilities within the GCAA communication infrastructure at Abu Dhabi, UAE.

    ASIA - CHINA    
     
     New $85 million-MRO facility at Pudong Int’l Airport

Boeing, Shanghai Airport (Group) Company Limited, and Shanghai Airlines Co., Ltd, recently broke ground for a new maintenance, repair and overhaul facility that the three companies will manage as Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services based at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai. Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services will provide airplane modifications and maintenance, sale and repair of aviation equipment, and related engineering and technical services. The facility will be constructed in two phases. Phase one includes a double-bay hangar, support shops, and fire, power and waste-treatment systems. Phase two extends the facility with another double-bay hangar, parts warehouse, engine shop, and ground-service equipment maintenance shop. Of the $85 million stated investment, Boeing holds 60 percent, Shanghai Airlines holds 15 percent, and Shanghai Airport Authority holds 25 percent.

   

The Government of India recently approved the construction of a new International Passenger Terminal Building at Thiruvananthapuram airport in two phases at an estimated cost of INR 2.5 billion to meet the projected growth in passenger traffic at Thiruvananthapuram airport. This will have a foreign exchange component of INR 269.2 million. The estimated cost of construction of Phase I of the project is INR 1.66 billion and of Phase II is INR 800 million.

AFRICA - SUDAN

 Khartoum goes live with 100 pc HBS

Khartoum International Airport has gone live with new check-in Departures and Arrivals baggage handling systems, including 100 per cent HBS (Hold Baggage Screening) as part of the airport's recent refurbishment program. The Sudan Civil Aviation Authority selected baggage systems integrator, Logan Teleflex, to provide both Departures and Arrivals systems, equipment, installation, controls and training, as two separate projects. The departures system, which went live in September 2006 in the new Departures Terminal, feeds off 20 two-stage check-in positions and handles baggage at Levels 1 & 2 and to Level 3 screening. The HBS, incorporating standard four queue conveyors prior to X-ray screening and secondary bag separation, is fully integrated with the main baggage system.

   AFRICA - EGYPT
 
     ARINC wins US$ 22 million state-of-the-art technology project at Cairo
     International Terminal Three

The new Terminal Three of Cairo International Airport will be equipped with the most advanced suite of airport technologies ever deployed when it opens for travellers in early 2008. Some 14 state-of-the-art airport operational systems developed by ARINC will be deployed at the terminal. The US$ 22 million project, recently approved by the Cairo Airport Company, will feature several significant firsts for the airport industry and the region.

  MIDDLE EAST - UAE     
 
     Alpha wins catering contract at Sharjah International Airport

Alpha Airports Group, an aviation support company, recently announced that, after an international tender process, it has won a 10-year contract with United Arab Emirate’s Sharjah International Airport. This contract will provide exclusive flight catering and ancillary services to all airlines operating out of the airport, which is strategically located in the Arabian Gulf.

    EUROPE - CZECH REPUBLIC
     
        Tender procedures for Prague airport commercial space lease receive
         overwhelming response

In the framework of a tender procedure, Prague Airport received 38 tenders from 23 companies for the lease of 19 commercial spaces in the public and transit parts of the Sever One and Sever Two Terminals. Half of the tenders were sent by companies that already operate businesses at the airport. The tender procedure was held in order to extend the assortment of goods and range of services to encompass all types of travellers.

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