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ASIA - INDIA
Bengaluru
International Airport to be operational on March 30, 2008
Bangalore International Airport Limited
recently announced the commencement of the
integrated trial phase at the Bengaluru International
Airport. This stage signals the final trial phase of the
airport and involves integrating various processes to
simulate real life airport operation. The trials held
earlier included basic and advanced trials. The advanced
trials continue and involve testing of combinations of basic
processes and stress tests to check capacity of
installations, systems and the staff. These trials test the
capacity of different sub-processes and eventually show
critical areas and possible obstacles. Based on the feedback
received, processes are improved and/or fine-tuned. The
Airport Readiness Programme consists of Core and
Complementary Processes that need to be tested. The new
airport will be operational on March 30, 2008.
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AFRICA - SOUTH AFRICA
Airports Company South Africa
announces new partnership for improved
passenger service
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA),
Africa’s leading airports operator, together with the newly
appointed ground handling companies, Menzies Aviation and
BidAir Services, recently announced a new plan to achieve
superior, world-class passenger service experiences at
ACSA’s 10 airports. The primary distinguishing factor
between how ground handlers are managed now and how they
will be from March 1, 2008 when BidAir and Menzies take
over, is that ACSA has attached a rigorous and unambiguous
Service Level Agreement (SLA) to the ground handling
licence, a crucial mechanism to ensure improved service
levels are realised. The SLA will embed and transform the
service ethos of the ground handlers from an indifferent and
unfocused approach to passengers and poor logistical
arrangements to a best-practice service ethos of
accountability and cooperation and putting the customer
first. ACSA will periodically review performance of the
ground handling companies, who are now contracted to manage
over 500,000 aircraft movements and in excess of 33 million
passengers annually. Where there is unsatisfactory
performance and failure to rectify non-compliance, ACSA’s
contractual rights will be enforced, ranging in severity
from stern action to the cancellation of these licences.
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MIDDLE EAST - UAE
Dubai World Central completes
third grading phase spending AED 159 million
Grading work on the third phase of Dubai
World Central (DWC), the massive, 140 square
kilometre multi-phase development under construction in
Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, has been completed at a
cost of AED 159 million, enabling contractor access for
construction of the development’s first residential
buildings. Over 21 million cubic metres of earth was moved
over 13 months in phase three, taking the total grading at
DWC to 72 million cubic metres over three phases spread over
62 square kilometres since grading first commenced in
January 2005. DWC’s phase three grading covered parcelled
zones earmarked for a balanced mix of residential, retail
and hotels, in addition to communal areas reserved for
educational, cultural, health and recreational activities as
well as mosques, sports and entertainment centres. All three
grading phases were carried out by Dubai-based Trident
Transport Company. Dubai World Central is currently in the
process of awarding tender contracts for the MEP finishes of
the passenger terminal, cargo terminal, specialised
warehouses, DEWA cabling works and fencing for Al Maktoum
International Airport, which is set to be the size of
Chicago’s O’Hare airport and London’s Heathrow airport
combined.
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EUROPE - HUNGARY
Clear
Channel Outdoor consortium wins outdoor/indoor advertising
tender
at Budapest airport
Budapest airport recently announced Clear
Channel Outdoor consortium as the winner of the tender for
outdoor and indoor advertising at Budapest International
Airport. Clear Channel Outdoor’s wholly-owned subsidiary
Plakanda Management AG has won the right to sell indoor and
outdoor advertising surfaces at the airport for a period of
nine years, commencing on March 1, 2008. The introduction of
an experienced and professional advertising operator is
consistent with Budapest airport’s strategy of selecting the
best partners to assist with the development of its
commercial assets. Budapest airport will work closely with
Plakanda Management AG to develop and grow the business.
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UAE
Dnata expands
as T2 nears completion
Dnata’s operations at Terminal
2 are set to increase with the opening of a 37,000 sq ft
extension, scheduled for the end of March. This extension
will increase the airport's surface area to 93,000 sq feet.
The expanded facilities will see Dnata Airport Operations
servicing around 700 flights per week from Terminal 2, of
which 320 will be cargo and 380 passenger. The new airport
expansion will see six open boarding gates to replace the
current system of five gates. Other new facilities include,
a First and Business Class Lounge, a Marhaba Lounge, a
Special Handling Lounge, extended duty free, increased car
parking, a left luggage store, a visa cancellation desk, a
Dnata ticketing desk and additional refreshment stops both
before check-in and after passport control.
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RUSSIA
SITA brings
self-service to Russia
Moscow Domodedovo
International, Russia’s largest airport, has chosen SITA,
the aviation IT specialist, to provide extensive
self-service facilities to manage the 22 million passengers
which the airport is expecting during 2008. SITA’s
AirportConnect Open and Common Use Self-Service (CUSS)
kiosks will provide both self-service check-in and shared
use agent check-in positions. In addition, Domodedovo
Handling, the handling agent at the airport, will use SITA
Departure Control Services enabling mid-size and smaller
airlines to offer self-service check-in. By mid-2008, 12
self-service kiosks will be available to passengers and 327
check-in positions will be using AirportConnect Open,
officials revealed. AirportConnect Open is SITA's IATA
CUTE-compliant common use passenger processing system that
supports CUTE, proprietary and web applications on common
use check-in and boarding gate workstations, with shared
peripherals. Domodedovo Moscow International Airport has 76
partner airlines. By 2012 the new T2 terminal will be
completed, this will increase the airport's capacity by 6
million passengers per year.
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ASIA - INDIA
BAPL
engages CAI for the upcoming airport
Bengal Aerotropolis Projects
Ltd. (BAPL) signed a Technical Services Agreement (TSA) with
Changi Airports International (CAI) for the upcoming airport
within the Durgapur Aerotropolis project. This greenfield
project will be India’s first privately owned airport, a
part of the US$2.5 billion Durgapur Aerotropolis. CAI will
review the master plan of the proposed airport and supervise
the execution of the same. BAPL is also exploring to engage
CAI to provide consulting services in the operation and
management of the airport. CAI will carry out a detailed
review of the proposed airport including a review of the
airport capacity, land use plan, passenger terminal layout
and development phasing of the air and land side of the
airport. CAI will also conduct training for senior
management of BAPL personnel at the Singapore Aviation
Academy. The total land area of the Aerotropolis is approx.
950 hectares of which a minimum of approximately 300
hectares will be the used for the airport. The airport is
expected to be functional in the next 3 years. The project
is expected to be completed in 5 years.
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ASIA CHINA
ADB invests in
PRC's airport business
The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
is entering the airport business in the People’s Republic of
China (PRC). The Proposed Equity Investment and Loan –
Central and Western Airports Development Project – will
involve a $50 million equity investment from ADB in HNA
Airport Holding (Group) Co. Ltd. ADB is co-investing in HNA
Airport Group with funds managed by Pacific Alliance: ARC
Capital Holdings Ltd. and Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity
Fund Ltd. The loan component of the project consists of two
tranches. The first is a RMB1.2 billion loan from ADB. The
second tranche of the loan component consists of a $200
million B-loan. The project will support HNA Airport Group’s
expansion and capital expenditure plan to privatize,
rehabilitate, expand, upgrade and operate small- and
medium-sized airports in the less developed central and
western regions of the PRC. As of the end of 2006, the
country had 146 civil airports in operation. The
government’s 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010) requires the
construction and expansion of some 60 airports, mostly in
the western region. Some $17.7 billion in capital
expenditure is needed for civil airports.
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