SNC-LAVALIN AIRPORTS THE NEW MANAGER FOR MAYOTTE-DZAOUDZI AIRPORT

MONTREAL, April 6, 2011 /CNW/ -- 
MONTREAL, April 6, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC) is pleased
 to announce that the French government has awarded it a Délégation de Service Public (public service operating concession contract) for the airport in
 Mayotte, a French island located in the Indian Ocean, in addition to
 the contract to build the airport's new terminal building and upgrade
 the airport infrastructure.


The operating concession consists primarily of management and
 maintenance of the airport in addition to commercial development based
 on regular service to and from mainland France (Paris) and inter-island
 service in this region of the Indian Ocean. The recently signed
 operating concession contract is for a 15-year period.


The new air terminal building will be built according to the most recent
 environmental standards (ISO 14001 certification) and have first-class
 landscaping. The entire building, designed to provide optimum service
 for passengers, will include a restaurant area and a large commercial
 area. The current 1,250-m² air terminal building will be converted into
 administrative offices. Delivery of the new airport is scheduled for
 the beginning of 2013, and the work is estimated at about CA$62
 million.


Jean Claude Pingat, Executive Vice-President of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
 and President of SNC-Lavalin in Europe, expressed his enthusiasm for
 this new concession: "We can offer our client the benefit of our
 comprehensive airport sector expertise in the development of this port
 of entry to France's 101st département." Youssef Sabeh, President of SNC-Lavalin Airports, pointed out that,
 "The new airport will provide the local community, users and businesses
 with an indispensable economic development tool for this new French département in the Indian Ocean."


Mayotte-Dzaoudzi is the 10th airport to be integrated into the
 SNC-Lavalin Airports network after the airports of Malta, Paris-Vatry,
 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées, Cherbourg, Rouen and Tours and the airfields
 of Toulouse-Francazal, Vannes (Brittany) and Chalon-sur-Saône
 (Burgundy), which provide business, leisure and tourist aviation
 services.


SNC-Lavalin is one of the leading engineering and construction groups in
 the world and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure, and in
 the provision of operations and maintenance services. SNC-Lavalin has
 offices across Canada and in over 35 other countries around the world,
 and is currently working in some 100 countries. In business since 1911,
 the Company celebrates its 100(th) anniversary in 2011.  www.snclavalin.com. 


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