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Madhumathi D.S.

Bangalore , March 2

A slew of foreign companies have pitched for ground and cargo handling facilities at the upcoming Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL). Those in the race include Swiss companies Jet Aviation and Swissport International; Singapore Airport Terminal Services; the British Menzies Aviation and Dubai-based Dnata.

Domestic majors Air India, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways and Reliance are also in the fray singly or with a partner for the two awards, which are being finalised, according to BIAL. Each service is to have two operators. The special vehicle that is building the Rs 1,400-crore airport at Devanahalli has just announced IOC-combine as its ATF facility provider — which is the first of the four major facilities it has tendered out.

AI, and Jet Air-Dnata and Reliance-Worldwide Flight Services have bid for both ground and cargo handling; Indian has bid for ground handling; while AAI-MSIL combine has entered the race for cargo handling.

Ground handling has attracted 10 bidders and cargo facilities eight.

The line-up for ground handling includes Air India, Indian Airlines, domestic major Jet Airways with Dnata, Swiss major Jet Aviation with KC&IC, Swissport International, Singapore Airport Terminal Services, Menzies Aviation-Bobba Group, Reliance-Worldwide Flight Service, Cambata Aviation and Globe Ground India.

For the cargo facilities, BIAL will be choosing from among Air India; AAI with Karnataka PSU MSIL; Cargo Service Centre India; Jet Air-Dnata; Menzies Aviation-Bobba Group; Reliance combine; Swissport International and Singapore Airport Terminal Services.

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