GMR Infrastructure consortium won the contract for Sabiha Gokeen International Airport (SGA) at Istanbul in Turkey

GMR has a 40 per cent stake while another 40 per cent is held by Limak lnsaat Sanayi San Ve Tic A S Turkey (Limak) and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) holds the balance 20 per cent.

The build-operate-transfer project involves construction of a new international airport terminal with a 10mn capacity in 30 months, besides managing the existing domestic and international terminals (with a passenger capacity of 35mn per annum). The current international terminal will be converted to an all domestic terminal, subsequent to construction of the new terminal.

The term of BOT concession will be for 20 years, while the new international terminal is likely to be constructed within a period of 30 months from the transfer of the facility.