Bombardier lands airport DBOM order

Bombardier Transportation said Thursday it has signed a contract to install an new INNOVIA APM 300 automated people mover (APM) system at Munich Airport in Germany. The contract, signed with Terminal 2 Betriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. oHG, represented by FM Bau (Flughafen München Baugesellschaft mbH), is for the design, build, supply, operation and maintainance of a driverless APM system, the company said.

Together with the base order, the customer has executed options for extensions to the operation and maintenance periods taking the total services period to nine years. The total value of the contract is approximately $120 million, Bombardier said.

Flughafen München GmbH and Deutsche Lufthansa AG, who jointly operate Terminal 2 at Munich Airport, are expanding its capacity with a new satellite facility to meet increased demand. Via the 0.7-kilometer (0.4-mile) underground INNOVIA APM 300, passengers will travel from Terminal 2 to the new facility for Lufthansa and its Star Alliance partners in less than one minute.

Eran Gartner, president, Systems, Bombardier Transportation, said: “We are confident that our new generation of INNOVIA APM 300 technology will support Munich Airport in realizing its ambition of becoming Europe’s best transit hub with the fastest transit times for passengers between flights.”

Bombardier will design and supply all of the system-wide electrical and mechanical elements for the system, including 12 INNOVIA APM 300 2/3 driverless vehicles, CITYFLO 650 automatic train control technology for driverless operation, station platform doors, onboard and wayside CCTV systems, communications, and power distribution systems, as well as the provision of project management, systems engineering and integration, testing, and commissioning.

Bombardier’s scope also includes the civil construction works. Completion of the system and start of operation is scheduled for 2014, at which time a nine-year period of operations and maintenance will begin.