RUSSIA
     Hochtief plans and builds new terminal at Moscow Airport

Hochtief Construction AG has been awarded the contract to plan and build the new Terminal 1 at Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow on behalf of client company Mash, Hochtief announced. The project is worth EUR 62 million and scheduled to be handed over in March 2007.

The general contractor assignment includes the construction of an approximately 40,000-sq-m terminal building complete with baggage handling and check-in facilities. The contract also comprises a three-story garage with approximately 750 parking spaces.

ASIA - SINGAPORE
     Site awarded for development of Airport Hotel at Changi Airport

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has awarded a site at Changi Airport for lease to L.C. Development Ltd for the development and management of an airport hotel, it was announced. The airport hotel, which occupies a site of approximately 7,700 sq m next to the upcoming Terminal 3, is expected to be ready when the terminal opens in 2008.

The airport hotel will be a 9-storey building with up to 350 guest rooms. And will be physically linked to the new Terminal 3. Hotel guests will also be able to reach Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 via an elevated People Mover System that will link all the three passenger terminals. In addition, there will be easy access from the hotel to the Changi Airport Mass Rapid Transit station. L.C. Development Ltd has appointed the InterContinental Hotels Group to manage this airport hotel under its Crowne Plaza hotel brand.

MIDDLE EAST  -  UAE
    Abu Dhabi Airports Company to develop and operate the Emirate’s Airports

The Abu Dhabi Airports Company is in the process of putting its strategic plan into operation, it was recently announced. The company, whose board was recently appointed by an official decree will be responsible for operating all airports within the Emirate as well as expanding aviation infrastructure to meet Abu Dhabi’s rapid development plans. Abu Dhabi Airports Company will be a public joint stock company (JSC) with a paid up capital of Dh 500 million, divided into 50 million shares, each with a nominal value of Dh 10.

Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), along with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), is setting up an aviation fuel facility at the new airport coming up at Devanahalli. BIAL has signed a 20-year contract with IOC and its consortium partners Skytanking Holding and IndianOil Tanking. The consortium plans to invest INR 900 million in the facility. BIAL will be the first airport in the country to operate under the open access model. The model allows every qualified fuel supplier to use the facility against a fixed throughput fee and also allows airlines to get the best fuel prices available in the market.

MIDDLE EAST - QATAR
     Doha airport installs new system to speed up baggage transfer

Doha International Airport in Qatar, which is undergoing a multi billion dollar investment programme, will see baggage transfer rates drop significantly between connecting flights, following the installation of an automated baggage transfer system by systems integrator Fabricom Airport Systems UK. Hull-based Fabricom Airport Systems UK has designed and built a transfer system to not only provide fast rates of baggage transfer for up to 3,000 bags per hour between incoming and outgoing flights, but also has included what is believed to be the first inline automatic security screening up to Level 3 in the Middle East. This aspect of the system will further enhance baggage security beyond anything currently attainable in the Gulf region. The Doha project includes the latest Multi View Technology for automatic screening of Level 1 and Level 2 bags and full x-ray screening of Level 3 bags with a CT machine. Furthermore, the complete bag transfer layout has been designed and built so that it can be easily moved with the opening of Phase 1 of the new state-of-the-art airport in 2008.

The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) will upgrade and expand both Johannesburg and Cape Town international airports. ACSA will invest around R10 billion for a massive rehabilitation project that would incorporate the upgrading of runways and terminal buildings at the two airports and the shoulders of runways would have to be hardened and high-speed off-ramps would have to be built to ensure faster take-offs and landings. The construction will consist of two new runways for Cape Town to accommodate the giant new A380 airbus, and will also take up the parking space of two domestic flight aircraft.

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