Airports Authority of India will open
financial bids for the modernisation of Kolkata airport, also known as Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, on 23 June 2008.
The upgradation of the airport is
expected to cost around $500 million in the first phase, will take its passenger
handling capacity from 4.9 million to around 25 million per year
The eight shortlisted entities include
consortia led by Canada's Herve Pomerleu, Turkey's Tav Tepe Akfen, Hong Kong's
CSCHK-Soma and Britain's Laing O Rourke-Simple Infrastructure. Four of these
consortia submitted their bids on 16 June 2008, including Larsen and Toubro and
ITD Cementation, an Italian-Thai infrastructure development company.
Also See:
Six companies
shortlisted for modernisation of Kolkata, Chennai airports (11-Apr-08)
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