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Cavotec to deliver ground support systems for Bahrain International Airport
Published: 14-Dec-2009
Switzerland-based airport systems innovator Cavotec has won a EUR30 million ($44 million) contract to supply and integrate a range of environmentally friendly ground service equipment for remote aircraft aprons at Bahrain International Airport.
Awarded by the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, as represented by the Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), the product and technological scope of the order is broad. With 18 of Cavotec’s pre-conditioned air (PCAir) systems forming the centerpiece of the project, Cavotec will also deliver and install pop-up units, transformer sub-stations, 400Hz power supply systems, a Vacuum Evacuation System, a blue water supply system and a potable water supply system. The installation work is due for completion in February 2011 with a subsequent operation and maintenance period for one year.
The Cavotec PCAir system expands dry compressed air to cool parked aircraft. Pilots often run on-board auxiliary power units (APUs) to cool aircraft. These APUs can burn between 200 and 600 liters of fuel per hour, generating pollution at airports and consuming costly fuel that could be used to fly aircraft – not cool them on the ground.
The Cavotec PCAir system supports airports in creating APU free aprons, providing the dual benefits of reducing pollution and reducing costs. This makes the PCAir system beneficial to all airport constituencies –airlines, airport operators, and communities surrounding airports.
This order is a key element of the Bahrain Airport’s $4.7 billion expansion program designed to cater for the projected growth in passenger and freight numbers. The expansion, planned over the next 30 years, will triple passenger capacity to 27 million a year. Two new terminals will be opened in the next four years as part of the expansion.
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