GMR Infrastructure in consortium with Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad has
bagged a project worth about $300 million (approx Rs 1,390 crore) from the
Maldives Government to build, operate, modernise and expand the Male
International Airport (MIA) in Maldives.
The Maldives Government had invited bids to build a new terminal at the Male
International Airport that is to have a capacity of handling five million
passengers per annum, with 12 aircraft bays. The project is to be completed by
2014 and will entail operation, maintenance, expansion, rehabilitation and
modernisation of the existing airport. MIA also includes a sea-plane port. The
mandate of the project is for 25 years.