AAI selects bidders for airport renovation

 While, the list of shortlisted bidders for the Udaipur airport include -- Reliance Energy, Tata-Changi consortium, L&T IDPL-Unique consortium, Maytas Infra-NCCIHL-VIE Indieu-Beteiligungen Gmbh consortium and GMR Infrastructure.As many as 24 infrastructure firms, had bid for the development and modernisation of the Rs 200 crore Udaipur airport. AAI would invite request for proposals by month end and the outcome of this would be known possibly by middle of June.

 Recently, the government had kicked off modernisation of non-metro airports with the identification of 24 out of 35 airports to be undertaken through public-private partnerships (PPP).The move has been aimed at maximising commercial revenues (non-aeronautical) of these airports with the private players managing facilities such a parking, restaurants and shops.The city-side of the Amritsar and Udaipur non-metro airports would be modernised and upgraded by 2010, through PPP. The consortium of selected bidder and AAI would commercially operate the airports and maintain their terminal buildings.