MILAN, July 31 (Reuters) - Adani Airport Holdings, Vinci

Airports and Royal Schiphol Group are among 10 bidders

that have advanced to the second phase of the privatisation of

Sicily's Catania airport, the head of Sicilian airport operator

SAC said on Friday.

* Those still in the bidding are Corporacion America

Airports ( CAAP ), Royal Schiphol Group, Mundys, Adani Airport Holdings,

Save, 2i Aeroporti, Mag Overseas Investment, Oman Airports

Management Company, Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund and

Vinci Airports, SAC CEO Nico Torrisi told reporters.

* The groups were admitted to the next stage of the sale

after clearing a preliminary selection process.

* SAC, which manages Catania, launched the sale of a stake

of at least 51% in the airport in May. Catania is Sicily's main

airport and Italy's fifth busiest by passenger traffic.

* SAC is owned by local authorities and chambers of commerce

and also operates the smaller Comiso airport in southern Sicily

under a concession running until 2049.

* Catania's privatisation began in 2022, when Italian

investment bank Mediobanca was appointed as adviser to oversee

the process. It could be worth between €500 million and €600

million ($690 million), sources said last year. ($1 = 0.8699

euros)