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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.
STRATEGIC PLAN
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.
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