Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 11:
Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation has come out with a
revised document inviting expression of interest in proposed feeder airport in
Idukki district.
As per feasibility study by Airports Authority of India, the site
identified at Anakkara is found suitable for the project, the document said.
SITE CLEARANCE
Application for site clearance has been preferred to Union Ministry of
Civil Aviation. NOC from aviation angle for construction of the proposed
greenfield airport has been received from Ministry of Defence. The airport
consultant will be required to undertake detailed studies and to prepare the
techno-economic feasibility report. It is envisaged that an Environment Impact
Assessment (EIA) will also be undertaken as part of this.
The consultant will identify the significant technical and economic
factors influencing the proposed airport and also to evaluate their positive
and negative impacts on the project.
It will assess the commercial potential of the project and draw up a
strategic plan for its development, keeping all important commercial
considerations in view.
It will identify all important considerations for technical operation of
the airport. It will also carry out necessary surveys/ studies for evaluating
and documenting specific, site-related, technical and engineering parameters to
be kept in view while developing the project. The consultant will make an
estimate of the capital outlay for the project, identify all income streams
including those from possible non-aviation activities, financially structure
the project and to work out the financial feasibility indicators.
MASTER PLAN
It will perform a socio-economic cost-benefit analysis of the project
and also to quantify the larger economic returns. It will prepare a development
Master Plan taking due cognisance of developments the project may cause to
happen in its ‘influence region.’
The report shall include technical and financial possibilities of the
selected location of the airport. This should be done by analysing the
potential of passenger and cargo movement in the influence zone.
It shall also focus on possibilities for raising non-aviation revenues,
in order to make the project a financially feasible investment proposition.
The report shall provide salient inputs for structuring the project on
PPP mode, arrive at the best pattern of capital structure and highlight the
selection criteria and process of selection of the private partner.
vinson.kurian
@thehindu.co.in
The airport consultant will be required to undertake detailed studies
and to prepare the techno-economic feasibility report.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/revised-eoi-for-idukki-feeder-airport/article4299509.ece
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