Airport opens FBO tender

Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM), the local airport operator, announced yesterday that it has opened a tender for Fixed Base Operators (FBO) for the airport, closing August 9 at 5:00pm. The tender is open to both business and general aviation who wish to apply for a sub-concession lasting six years.
This comes after a previous FBO tender in December of 2013, after the exclusive rights for providing the service expired. The CAM 2014 Work Plan notes that the FBO tender was opened, but does not indicate any bids received.
The FBO can encompass services of maintenance, storage, and passenger handling services, and include aircraft leasing as well as fuelling services, aircraft repair, aircraft component parts sales, aircraft interior modification, and even aerial sightseeing and advertising offerings, among others.
Although encompassing both areas, statements from the airport note that: ‘In order to adapt the development needs of Macau’s business aviation, and to seek an experienced and reliable Fixed Base Operator (FBO) in MIA, CAM hereby invites the submission of proposals’.
The group notes that this introduction of FBO service providers ‘will enhance the overall quality of business aviation services and create better and enjoyable travel experiences [for] customers . . . all companies that can meet the proposal evaluation criteria as stated are welcome to join’.
Currently, the listings on the airport’s website note that there are no available spaces for leasing; in response to Business Daily enquiries, the airport points out that its expansion – the entire North Extension project – ‘is expected to be completed and put into operation in the second half year of 2017’. This will increase the airport’s passenger handling capacity ‘to around 7.5 million,’ notes the CAM response.
The decision on which FBO to select will be weighted 45 per cent towards the business plan presented.