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| Vinci Airports and Keolis to operate Quimper Cornouaille airport Vinci Airports (leader) and Keolis signed a contract with the Brittany Regional Council to manage the Quimper Cornouaille airport. The contract, which is for 6 years and 10 months, will start up on 1 March 2009. It covers the operation, maintenance and replacement of main infrastructure (terminal, runways and equipment), as well as the commercial facilities. All 25 members of the current airport staff will become employees of Société d'Exploitation de l'Aéroport Quimper Cornouaille, a 50-50 subsidiary of Vinci Airports and Keolis. Other than the commercial and technical facilities, the airport includes freight infrastructure, an air model club, and the département's civil security base. The airport's business activity includes several daily return flights to Paris-Orly West and seasonal tourist flights, in particular to Corsica. The signature of this contract with a new region is a further success for the Vinci Airports/Keolis consortium in the expansion of its business in operating airports in France. It comes in the wake of the recent renewal of the contract to continue the operation of Grenoble airport awarded by Isère General Council to Vinci Airports/Keolis for a further 14.5 years. Vinci Airports is a Vinci Concessions subsidiary, Europe's leading operator of transport infrastructure concessions. Keolis is the leading private operator of public transport in France and world leader in the operation of automated metro systems. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |