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The government of the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) has assigned Lufthansa Consulting (LCG) with the implementation of their successful 2007 consulting project results. The recently signed extended contract reaffirms the Congolese government’s confidence in the abilities of the German firm of management consultants to support the African country with the development of a functioning aviation infrastructure.

Last year LCG initially undertook a strategy study for six airports in the Republic of Congo and also prepared an air traffic forecast with considerable overall growth rates for Congolese airports. Especially the international airports of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire show strong traffic growth.

Under the new contract, Lufthansa Consulting’s services now will be focusing on the searching of potential strategic investors, which shall take a stake of at least 51 % of the shares in a private operating company which will hold the concession for the airports Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire and Ollombo.

The Congolese government strongly invests into these three airports. In Pointe- Noire, a new passenger terminal is already in operation since the end of 2006. Also, the runway has been extended to 2.600m and the main apron has been resurfaced. In Ollombo, a completely new airport has been developed. The runway is finished, passenger and cargo facilities are planned. Within the next 18 months in Brazzaville it is scheduled to build a new runway as well as a new passenger terminal building.

Searching the investors, LCG will also conduct the appropriate tender process. The tender will be published by mid-March and the bidding is provided for mid-July 2008.

Lufthansa Consulting has gained extensive experiences with similar successful projects, e. g. during its long standing engagement with the privatization program of Burkina Faso’s international airport Ouagadougou or with the current privatization plans for the airports of Haiti.