The bids were submitted by Germany's GMR Infrastructure & Flughafen Muenchen, Turkey's IC Ictas Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret together with IC Ictas Altiapi Yatiramlan ne Istetru and Incheon Int. Airport Corporation, Turkey's TAV Airport Holding & TAV Construction, American ADC & HAS Airports, Alpine Bau and FCC Construction, J&P Avax & Athens International Airport of Greece, European transport infrastructure operator Vinci Concessions, Germany's Hochtief Concessions, Britain's Zaic, Switzerland's Flughafen Zuerich & Strabag, and Limak - French Riviera Airports Consortium.
The ministry is planning to call, during June, qualified bidders to submit their final offers. The planned deadline for the selection of the best bidder is end September and the signing of the contract is planned for October. Construction work is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2012.
The first stage of investment is estimated at EUR 192 million.