NEWS
Asunción privatisation?
Paraguay’s public works and communications ministry (MOPC) is set to submit a bill to congress recommending the privatisation of Asunción’s Silvio Pettirossi International Airport. The government is reported to be close to
completing a draft of the bill, which could lead to the award of a concession to operate Paraguay’s capital city gateway and potentially up to two regional airports. The International Financing Corporation (IFC)
will carry out technical studies for the potential Asunción airport concession after signing an advisory agreement with the MOPC. In August, the US Trade and Development
Berlin’s big plans
Agency (USTDA) agreed to provide the Paraguayan government with a $390,000 grant to help it get the ‘technical assistance’ necessary to push through airport concession projects.
Work has begun on the creation of a 16-hectare airport city at Berlin Brandenburg International Airport – two years ahead of the gateway’s planned 2012 opening. Baubeginn Airport City’s facilities will include a $240 million four-star hotel, more than 24,000sqm of offi ce space and a handful of multi-storey car parks capable of accommodating 10,000 vehicles.
BAA to sell stake in Italian airport
BAA will effectively end its status as a global airport operator if the €150 million sale of its controlling interest in Naples Airport is rubber stamped by the end of the year. The agreed sale of its 65% stake in Naples Airport operator, GESAC, to Italian infrastructure fund
F2i SGR comes hot on the heels of the sale of BAA USA to Prospect Capital Corporation for $50 million. The latest deals mean that in the last four years BAA has divested itself of its interests in
Budapest and Naples airports, six Australian gateways, two tranches of the Airports Property Partnership, World Duty Free, and four US retail management contracts. Ferrovial-owned BAA claims that the Naples sale, which is conditional upon Italian competition
clearance and approval by minority shareholders, signals the end the strategic refocusing of its interests away from non-core and international assets to its UK airports. Colin Matthews, BAA’s chief executive, says: “The time is right for Naples International
Airport to move ahead under new owners and for us to sharpen our focus on Heathrow and our other UK airports.”
Investors sought for Philippine gateway
The Philippine island province of Bohol is banking on a partnership between the public and private sectors to bankroll the long-delayed construction of the $140 million Panglao International Airport. Bohol governor, Edgar Chatto, claims that
escalating construction costs mean that the local and national government have insuffi cient funds to build the gateway, which would make Bohol more accessible to international tourists. It is not clear whether the new gateway – set to
be built on government-acquired land some fi ve minutes from Panglao’s white sand beaches – would replace or complement Bohol’s existing airport in capital Tagbilaran City. “A public-private sector partnership is the way
forward for Panglao International Airport,” says Chatto.
Beijing Capital International Airport now boasts a fi ve-star Hilton Hotel following the summer opening of a luxury 320-room complex. “Opening China’s fi rst fi ve-star international airport hotel generations after our founder pioneered the airport hotel concept is more than a noteworthy milestone,” says Dave Horton, global head, Hilton Hotels.
India’s planned new Durgapur Airport appears a step closer to reality following the announcement that
Simplex Infrastructures Limited has
been awarded the contract to design and build it. The airport is expected to form the centrepiece
Business News Americas reports that Infraero intends drawing on the expertise of the Brazilian
of the proposed new ‘Durgapur Aerotropolis’ planned by operator Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL).
Canadian construction company, Aecon, has
received a C$16 million contract for the redevelopment of Peterborough Municipal Airport in southern Ontario. Under the design-build contract, Aecon will extend and strengthen existing runways, taxiways and aprons and also upgrade the runway lighting.
army to help carry out the fi rst phase of the expansion of Santa Genoveva Airport. It claims that Infraero wants the gateway to be equipped to handle 2.4mppa by the end of 2012 and believes that the move will avoid the need for a tender. The Goiás state located airport handles around 1.7mppa.
Gammon Construction Ltd has been awarded a contract to build a new HK$544 million air cargo terminal for Cathay Pacifi c Services Ltd at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). The new 280,000sqm terminal is scheduled for completion in 2013.
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