HOCHTIEF takes on facility management at Bahrain International Airport

HOCHTIEF Facility Management Bahrain will be taking on facility management at Bahrain International Airport with immediate effect. The service provider will perform this task together with its partner, Bahrain Airport Company (BAC). The two companies entered into a joint venture to this end. The new company, HOCHTIEF Facility Management Bahrain Airport W.LL. will initially employ around 170 people involved in the operation of all technical systems and the airport infrastructure. The contract will run for six years and will be extended for a further five on the basis of satisfactory performance. The contract is worth roughly EUR 85 million for the first six years.

At present Bahrain International Airport has a gross floor space of just under 70,000 square meters, on which there are various buildings such as the terminal, aircraft hangars, cargo halls, administrative buildings and a fire station. In future HOCHTIEF Facility Management will provide technical and infrastructural services for all of these properties and the airport grounds. For example, the service provider will be taking responsibility for building management systems, passenger bridges and cleaning and will also deal with the sensitive infrastructure of the apron area and the runways. Bahrain International Airport handles around eight million passengers per year. A new terminal, due for completion by 2015, will increase capacity to 15 million passengers.

Overall, a total of EUR 3.5 billion is to be spent on upgrading the airport. HOCHTIEF Facility Management is contributing its lengthy experience in the area of airport management, including Athens Airport. The company will also be supported by the Group subsidiary HOCHTIEF AirPort which has holdings in a total of six airports around the world and possesses the corresponding expertise. The contract marks a further internationalization of HOCHTIEF's service business.