Mexico City tender halted

John Gallagher

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The government-controlled airport plays for time as it seeks to respond to questions from interested parties

The tender process to operate the duty-free concessions at Mexico City International airport’s new 229,000sq m terminal two has been temporarily halted as the government-controlled airport authority tries to respond to queries from interested parties. The airport authority has still to set a definitive date for the opening of offers.

Dufry de Mexico and Latinoamericana de Duty Free, the incumbent operators at T1, are favourites to win according to industry insiders, but the airport authority has also invited Madrid based Aldeasa to participate in the tender.

Approximately 35% of the airport’s 24.7m passengers will be diverted to the new terminal and the airport managers claim that the new space will allow the airport to grow passenger traffic to over 32m.

The government’s objective is to open the new terminal during the second quarter of this year but aviation industry analysts have told RavenFox.com that early in the third quarter is probably more realistic.