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 Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services 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.

    MIDDLE EAST  -  OMAN

      ADPI signs contract for two airports

ADPI has won an international contract for the supervision and management of development projects for the two main airports of the Sultanate of Oman: Seeb international airport located in Muscat, capital of the Sultanate, and Salalah airport, located in the South of the country, the company announced. ADPI's mission will last four years. The amount of the contract stands at 7.6 million Omani riyals (about US$ 20 million). The development project of Seeb airport aims at expanding the airport capacity to reach 12 million passengers in four years' time.  

The project includes a new terminal, a new runway and a new control tower as well as cargo and maintenance facilities. The development project of Salalah airport concerns the cargo activity (construction of facilities, warehouses, etc.) and the construction of a new terminal to handle 2 million passengers. The opening of all these new facilities is planned for November 2010. ADPI will assist the Omani Ministry of Transports and Communications and Civil Aviation Authorities. ADPI will provide project management consulting services for piloting and supervision of engineering phase and tenders' allocations; supervision of building phases and preparation of operations start up; and transfer from the old to the new facilities.

  MIDDLE EAST  -  BAHRAIN
 
     Bahrain International Airport plans BD 126 million  expansion project

BD 126 million expansion of Bahrain International Airport is geared up for take-off. The massive project, scheduled to start in 2008 and be completed in 2010, will allow the airport to handle up to 15 million passengers a year. It will make the airport one of the most futuristic in the region. The expansion will more than double the size of the terminal building, increase the number of aircraft stands from 46 to 64 and double the number of bridges from seven to 14. The BD 126 million expansion of Bahrain International Airport will make it one of the most modern in the region. It will more than double the terminal floor area. The expansion will also make the airport one of the most user-friendly in the region.

       IFC completes advisory – new operator announced

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has concluded an advisory mandate that mobilizes private management expertise and capital for improved operation of Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, it was announced. IFC advised the Nigerian government on the selection of a concessionaire to operate and manage the airport for the next 25 years. The winning bidder is the Abuja Gateway Consortium (AGC), which is a special purpose vehicle that was established between domestic and international companies with the Airports Authority of India as the contracted airport operator.  

The winning bidder will pay an initial concession fee of $10 million and variable annual concession fees of 18.1 percent of gross revenues. The net present value of total concession fees paid to the Nigerian government is estimated to be $101 million over the concession term. The Abuja Gateway Consortium’s proposal include the construction of new passenger terminal facilities, and growth in domestic, regional, and international traffic, including cargo activities and development of commercial and retail activities at the airport. AGC intends to invest $59 million over the next five years and $371 million in developing the airport. Of this investment, $228 million will be allocated for construction of new facilities and the remodeling of existing terminal facilities.

    EUROPE  -  HUNGARY

       Budapest Airport announces the winner of minibus tender

Budapest Airport announced recently that the consortium of Credit-Expo Kft and employee-backed MRP has won Budapest Airport’s Minibus tender. Budapest Airport started discussion with the representatives of the second-ranked bidder consortium of the minibus tender in the third week of October 2006, after the discussions with the preferred bidder, Wallis-Nograd Volan consortium, had failed to reach an agreement. Trades unions and the workers’ council of Budapest Airport also met Credit-Expo Kft and MRP for discussions about employee-related issues. After the successful negotiations, Budapest Airport and the consortium have finalised the sales contracts of the airport minibus service. According to this, MRP will receive a 40 per cent interest in the new Minibusz Kft, and thus employees will become part-owners of the company.

    ASIA  -  INDIA
     
    GMR DIAL appoints consultant for Delhi Airport

The Board of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) appointed US-based Parsons Brinckerhoff International Inc. as Project Management Consultant for Delhi Airport Modernisation Project, the company announced. The modernisation of the Indira Gandhi International Airport involves construction of new runway, terminal building and other infrastructure. Parsons Brinckerhoff would help DIAL on Design Review, Contract Management, Project Controls, Project Management and Coordination. In addition they would also be working with DIAL on Construction Management of the Passenger Terminal Building, Airside & Landside Works for the Delhi Airport project.  

For the Delhi Airport Parsons Brinckerhoff will put together a team of international and local experts who will be involved in establishing project control systems, procedure manuals, communication platforms and protocols, report formats, computer systems, etc. As part of the Master Plan, DIAL will construct a new runway by 2008 to supplement the existing two. In addition a brand-new integrated passenger terminal to cater to domestic and international traffic will also be built. This terminal will become operational in March 2010 and in its first phase be able to handle more than 37 million passengers per annum. The new building would be connected to the city via a dedicated high speed Metro line.

  AFRICA  -  SOUTH AFRICA
 
     King Shaka Airport contract won by Ilembe Consortium

Ilembe Consortium, led by Group Five and WBHO Construction, has won the King Shaka International Airport construction contract. The deal worth Rand 2.5 billion includes implementation of Phase I of the Dube Tradeport in north of Durban. Both projects are scheduled for commissioning in 2010, before Soccer World Cup. Facilities Management Corporation, Akatech, DLDMIC, Izinyoni, Omane, Pandev, PGM Projects and S’khona are other members of the winning Ilembe Consortium.

ASIA  -  INDIA

New Hyderabad International Airport develops India's first airport hotel

GMR Hyderabad International Airport has tied up with Accor Hotels and Resorts, Singapore, for operating its first Business Hotel at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad. The construction of the hotel will commence shortly and become operational by the time the new international airport takes off in March 2008. The agreement is being entered with Accor Group of Hotels, Singapore. Accor operates in nearly 100 countries with 160,000 employees. Accor is already well represented in Hyderabad, operating the Hyderabad International Convention Centre and adjacent Novotel Hyderabad, since the beginning of the year. Accor is currently expanding rapidly in India with up to 100 hotels planned for the next decade.

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