GMR group among favorites to win $3 billion Manilla airport project

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redevelopment bid of Ninoy Aquino International Airport at Manilla.

The other two bidders are San Miguel Corporation- conglomerate from the Philippines and the Manila International Airport Consortium (MIAC). GMR’s consortium also includes Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation- an infrastructure company from the Philippines and House of Investments which is the Yuchengo family office which operates Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation- one of the largest banks in Philippines.

The bid results will be announced on February 14.

As per the Philippine transportation department, the project involves upgrading of terminals, increasing capacity to up to 62 million passengers annually, and improving technology infrastructure.

The winning bidder now will operate and maintain the airport, with the capacity to be doubled after the upgrade to around 60 million passengers per annum. The concession period will run for 25 years

The GMR led group has offered a 33.30% share for the government, according to the Department of Transportation of Philippines. San Miguel Consortium, which also includes South Korea’s Incheon International Airport Corp., offered the highest 82.2% share.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, and his government, encourage public-private partnerships (PPPs) and have developed a strategy for Philippine airports as the revival of the travel and tourism industry continues after the COVID-19 pandemic.

If GMR Group’s bid is successful, it will be the firm’s third airport project in the Philippines. In 2014, it won the tender to