Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said that the Turkish airport operator,  Limak Group has expressed keen interest in joining the bidding to take over the Philippines’ main gateway.

Bautista said this is after the company bought the bidding document for the project last week.

According to the DOTr, such development meant that there could be eight possible bidders before the December 27 deadline.
 

The DOTr is expecting all eight to join in the bidding to operate and maintain the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

“We are now in the process of one-on-one meeting with them. We are responding to their questions, their queries,” Bautista said.

“We want them to submit their proposal because we have given them the bidding document, the terms of reference that they will need to follow as far as the bidding is concerned, and we hope that all of them will submit their best and final offer by December 27,” he added.

The Limak Group has been involved in the Kemerovo International Airport Domestic Terminal Building, the Chelyabinsk International Airport Domestic Flights Terminal, and the Volgograd International Airport Domestic Flights Terminal in Russia, and the Senegal Dakar Blaise-Diagne International Airport in Senegal.

Aside from the Limak Group, also those vying or who bought the bid documents include the Asian Airport Consortium, Cengiz Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S, GMR Airports International, Manila International Airport Consortium, San Miguel Holdings Corp., Spark 888 Management, and the latest being South Korea’s Incheon International Airport Corporation.