After dispute with developers, AAI reworks airport tender

New Delhi: After a dispute with private developers over whether to develop only city side or both city side and terminal side of airports, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had cancelled the bids for Amritsar and Udaipur airports and revised the scope of work under the new tender document, said a top official.
In the new tender document, terminal development has been taken. The authority will now issue tenders for undertaking only city-side development work at selected airports. “Now, new tenders will be issued soon on a pilot basis for undertaking city-side developmental work at four or five airports in northern India,” said the official. These may include Amritsar, Jaipur, Udaipur and Lucknow. If successful, the model may be replicated for city-side development of the rest of the non-metro airports.
The city-side development of non-metro airports had run into trouble after developers were denied the right to develop the terminal side.
29/07/09 Smita Aggarwal/Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Jul 2009