.

  ASIA - INDIA

       Nuance adds Hyderabad airport to its portfolio

The Nuance Group and its Indian Joint Venture (JV) partner Shoppers’ Stop have recently been awarded the concession to operate retail facilities at Hyderabad International Airport. The JV partners are expecting to earn revenue of up to US$ 240 million over the period of seven years. The contract will commence in March 2008, when the new airport is scheduled to open. With this concession, Nuance, which has defined India as a key growth market, adds a second high-potential airport to its Indian portfolio. Hyderabad airport is one of India’s five largest airports and also the one with the highest growth rate. The new airport, to be opened in 2008, is privately owned. In 2006, Hyderabad airport handled 5.5 million passengers on an annual basis, out of which, just over 1.1 million travelled internationally.

    MIDDLE EAST -  UAE

      French, UK companies win key contracts for radar installation at Dubai World Central

Installation of radar equipment worth US$ 21 million has commenced at Dubai World Central International Airport (JXB), the world’s largest airport taking shape at Jebel Ali in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Supply and installation contracts have gone to the UK’s Park Air Systems AS, a leading company in air traffic control solutions, and Thales ATM Ltd, a leading international electronics and systems group, headquartered in France. JXB installations include ground-movement radars, which provide air traffic controllers with important detection and alert functionalities. The system is particularly useful for airports facing high levels of ground movement and in facilitating operations in low visibility. Additionally, primary and secondary radar installations by Thales, based on the Approach Surveillance Radar (ASR) system, will offer final approach support in case of instrument or electrical problems onboard the approaching aircraft.  Doppler Very High Frequency Omni-Range and Distance Measuring Equipment (DVOR/DME) radars will form the final installations.

  EUROPE - TURKEY
 
     Fraport Consortium wins concession for operating Antalya passenger
     terminals until 2024

A Fraport-led consortium recently won the international bidding procedure for operating all of the passenger terminals at Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey. Effective mid-September 2007, Fraport and IC Holding of Turkey will operate the domestic terminal as well as the first international terminal, which is currently managed by Fraport. Then, in September 2009, the consortium will take over operations of AYT's second international terminal currently run by IC. The concession for operating all three terminals runs until the year 2024. The new operating company has agreed to make a total concession payment of about EUR 2.37 billion, of which three per cent is due upon signing the contract. Following the take-over of terminal operations, the remaining sum will be paid by the operating company in instalments over the duration of the contract up to the year 2024. An established Turkish construction company, IC Holding has become a leading real estate developer in recent years. In addition to owning AYT's Terminal 2, IC runs numerous hotels in Antalya and recently won a concession for harbour development in Istanbul.  

  

The consortium of ARINC and THALES has been awarded a $75 million contract for IT, security, and telecommunication systems at the New Doha International Airport (NDIA), currently under construction in the capital of Qatar. ARINC will equip the airport with a comprehensive suite of advanced passenger processing systems and related technologies, including ARINC iMUSETM Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) at more than 100 check-in counters and departure gates. ARINC will also build the information exchange backbone for data flowing across the new airport’s applications, systems, users, and facilities. THALES will implement the safety and security system, the Local Area Network (LAN) and the Network Management. NDIA is scheduled to open in 2009 at a cost of $6.8 billion, and will be capable of handling 24 million passengers a year, with 750,000 tons of cargo. NDIA will have a land area in excess of 22 sq km.

ASIA - PAKISTAN

New $400 m airport construction launched in Islamabad

The foundation stone of new Islamabad International Airport in Fateh Jang was laid in early April which is expected to be completed by April 2010 at a cost of $400 million as part of a multi-billion dollar national trade corridor plan. This is going to be the second airport in the capital. The airport will be located 30 km southwest of Islamabad and capable of handling annual traffic of 6.5 million passengers and 100,000 tons of cargo. The Feasibility Report of the project was prepared by M/s Aeroport de Paris of France. Master planning and detailed designing was done by M/s Flughafen- Aeir Consult (FAG) of Germany. According to the Pakistan government, more than 3200 acres of land for the new airport worth US$40 m has already been acquired. Allotted land for aviation related activities is 1,400 acres and land for commercial activities 1,000 acres. The land for future development is also 800 acres.

ASIA   KAZAKHSTAN
 
    Malaysia Airports Holding subsidiary to manage Astana Airport

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has entered into a management agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary Malaysia Airports Management & Technical Services (Labuan) Pte Ltd to carry our operation, management and maintenance of the Astana International Airport, Kazakhstan for a period of 10 years, reported The Star. Astana International Airport is the second largest international airport in Kazakhstan, MAHB said in a statement. It said presently, the Astana International Airport was managed, operated and maintained by the Joint Stock Company, International Airport Astana, which is a wholly owned company of the government of the republic of Kazakhstan. MAHB said the main aim of the agreement was to increase the international traffic and to upgrade the operational standards at the Astana International Airport.

      RUSSIA & CIS

       Vanderlande wins BHS contracts at Kaliningrad and Vilnus

Vanderlande Industries has been awarded the contract for the baggage handling system of the new Kaliningrad International Airport Terminal in Russia. The contract will give the airport a capacity to handle more than 1.2 million passengers in their new terminal. The company also has systems operational and under construction at Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, Anadyr, Norilsk and Ufa Airports. Recently Vanderlande Industries also received contracts for Katowice and Krakow Airports in Poland and for Kuressaare Airport in Estonia. Vanderlande Industries has also been awarded the contract for the baggage handling system of the new Vilnius International Airport Terminal, Lithuania. The contract of over €1 million will give the airport a capacity to handle over 1.2 million passengers in their new terminal. The system will be operational in August 2007

Subscribe to AIRPORT NEWS: Emerging Markets and be among the first to receive news and updates from the aviation industry in emerging markets. Signing up is easy and totally FREE. Enter your email address below to
get started.

Email this page   Print this page

To unsubscribe:
  
The publisher of AIRPORT NEWS: Emerging Markets is committed to the non-proliferation of spam on the internet. If you no longer wish to receive this service, simply hit reply to this message and type UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject box.
   
Forward AIRPORT NEWS: Emerging Markets to your business colleagues as the recipients of this e-newsletter are permitted to forward it to business colleagues. If you are a recipient of a forwarded AIRPORT NEWS: Emerging Markets email bulletin and wish to receive your own copy, please sign up by entering your email at the box above.
   
If you are having difficulties in subscribing or unsubscribing to our e-newsletter, please send an email to airportnews@middleastlogistics.com
  
Should you have any industry-related information which could be featured in this e-newsletter, kindly send it to rustu@middleastlogistics.com / martin@aircontracts.com
  
For any other enquiries, contact our customer service team at:
E-mail: airportnews@middleastlogistics.com, or
Phone: +971 4 2976987

Thank you.

Disclaimer
We have taken a great deal of effort to develop this newsletter. However,
elog shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken.

copyright© 2007 elog. All rights reserved