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Wed 08 Aug 2001Belfast Airport operator rejects takeover bidFrench construction group Vinci has launched a hostile bid for airport operator TBI which runs Belfast International airport, saying TBI had dismissed the £516 million price tag as inadequate.Vinci has 26 airport concessions or outsourced contracts in places as diverse as Mexico and Cambodia.