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As per estimates, the airport will have a capacity to handle around 60 lakh passengers per year in the first phase. Bhogapuram is the first airport in the country for which foreign firms have shown interest,” chief executive officer (CEO) of AP Airports Development Corporation Limited (APADCL) told TOI.The winner will develop the greenfield airport in three phases, sources said. By the time the construction of the airport is completed, it would have a capacity to accommodate 1.8 crore passengers per annum, sources said.Phase one would be developed with an estimated cost of Rs 2,302 crore. The number would be doubled (1.2 crore) by the end of the second phase. Visakhapatnam: If all goes well, construction of the proposed greenfield airport at Bhogapuram , 60 km from the Port City, will begin in the next financial year.All the seven bidders in the project have been asked to complete the formalities of RFQ (Request for Qualification) by November 18, after which they will have to submit the Request for Proposal (RFP) in the next 90 days.Authorities of Zurich Airport, one of the four European bidders, are going on a field visit to Bhogapuram on Thursday.“We have given them 90 days’ time to submit the RFP as we have four foreign firms participating in the two-stage bidding..