Aeroport to manage RI airport

Aeroport to manage RI airport

JAKARTA (JP): The French airport authority Aeroport de Paris
has won the contract to manage and operate the Jakarta Soekarno-
Hatta International Airport, said State Minister of the
Empowerment of State Enterprises Tanri Abeng.

Tanri said on Thursday Aeroport de Paris offered the highest
bid of US$150 million, outbidding an offer made by a consortium
of Airport Schiphol in Holland and the British Port Authority.

"Aeroport de Paris is the preferred bidder. We're now in the
finalization process," Tanri said on the sidelines of a seminar.

Aeroport de Paris made the bid in conjunction with GTM, a
subsidiary of another French firm Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux SA.

Tanri said the French port authority would jointly operate the
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport with state-owned airport
operator PT Angkasa Pura II, in which the latter would hold a 51
percent stake. (rei)