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INDIA'S first privately owned airport - to be built in West Bengal state as part of a new 'city' with an industrial and logistics hub - has Changi Airports International (CAI) as a key partner.
CAI, the investment and consultancy arm of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, said yesterday it had sealed a deal with Bengal Aerotropolis Projects, a company that was set up recently to develop Durgapur Aerotropolis.
The US$2.5 billion (S$3.5 billion) plan will be completed in five years, but the airport will open in 2010 with an initial handling capacity of about half a million passengers a year.
As part of the tie-up, CAI will carry out a detailed review of the airport, including its capacity, land use and terminal layout.
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