French team starts operations of Madagascar airport

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French team starts operations of Madagascar airport

The government of the Republic of Madagascar together with Ravinal Airports consortium have announced the completion of the international airports of Ivato in Tananarive and Fascène in Nosy Bé, in Madagascar.

In May 2015, the government selected Ravinal Airports, comprised of Aéroports de Paris, Bouygues Bâtiment International, Colas Madagascar and Meridiam, as preferred bidders for the PPP contract relating to the concession of the international airports.

The concession includes the design, funding and construction of the following facilities:

At Ivato Airport, Tananarive.

  • A new international terminal with an initial capacity of 1.5 million passengers;  the renovation of the existing terminal for domestic traffic;  the renovation of the runway and a regulatory upgrade.

At Fascène Airport, Nosy Bé.

  • First phase: the extension of the runway, and a regulatory upgrade as well as the renovation of the existing terminal;
  • Second phase: the funding, design and construction of a new terminal which will increase the airport's capacity to around 1 million passengers.

These airports handled respectively 814,000 and 132,000 passengers in 2014, nearly two-thirds of which were international passengers. 

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