AAI shortlists six cos for airports revamp

New Delhi: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has shortlisted six companies, including domestic major L&T, for executing the Rs 3,800-crore Chennai and Kolkata airports modernisation projects. About 15 international construction majors had approached the AAI to get these projects.
According to sources, the shortlisted companies include ITD (Hong Kong), Ssangyong (Malaysia) and M/s TAV Tepe Akfen (Turkey). L&T, which has bagged contracts for modernising Delhi and Mumbai airports from GMR and GVK, is also in the race for Kolkata and Chennai. The foreign companies have Indian partners for their airport JVs.
AAI is learnt to have shortlisted three companies for being appointed as project management consultants, who would oversee the implementation of these two projects on a turnkey basis. Leading firms like US-based Louis Berger Group are among the shortlisted companies, said the sources.
11/04/08 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Apr 2008