Chennai: The Airports Authority of India (AAI), which was supposed to announce the name of shortlisted bidders today for the management of Chennai Airport, has decided to postpone this to December last week. A source in the know said GVK was the front runner for the over Rs 2,000 crore contract.
An official from the AAI said the date of announcement had been postponed to December 23, 2013. The decision now had to come from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, added the official.
GVK is one of the nine companies that has shown interest in the Chennai airport. The others include IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd, Essar Projects (India) Ltd, Essel Infraprojects Ltd, CIAL, Fraport Saudi Arabia – KAIA, Abdullah Kirimli (Celebi Havacilik Holdings AS), GMR Airports Limited and Sahara Group.
When contacted, GVK spokesperson said, “GVK has always been open to exploring opportunities in the airport sector. We will study proposal of the current round of privatisation and decide on our extent of participation.”
04/11/13 Business Standard
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An official from the AAI said the date of announcement had been postponed to December 23, 2013. The decision now had to come from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, added the official.
GVK is one of the nine companies that has shown interest in the Chennai airport. The others include IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd, Essar Projects (India) Ltd, Essel Infraprojects Ltd, CIAL, Fraport Saudi Arabia – KAIA, Abdullah Kirimli (Celebi Havacilik Holdings AS), GMR Airports Limited and Sahara Group.
When contacted, GVK spokesperson said, “GVK has always been open to exploring opportunities in the airport sector. We will study proposal of the current round of privatisation and decide on our extent of participation.”
04/11/13 Business Standard
