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Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport has giant plans

Ottawa’s Macdonald–Cartier International Airport is due for a 100 Million Dollar renovation. The decision comes in response to several years of steady growth with the airport expected to surpass the five million passenger milestone by the end of 2018.

Under the five-year multi-phase enhancement programme, a new hotel will be added containing between 150 and 200 rooms and will be connected to the airport by an indoor skywalk. The terminal will expand its food court and retail services and move passenger security screening from the second to the third floor. The airport will also benefit from a new train station as part of Ottawa’s Trillium Line expansion project, with construction set to begin in 2019. Trains are expected to serve passengers from 2021.

Located just 30 minutes from downtown Ottawa, Macdonald–Cartier International injects $2.2 billion into the Capital’s local economy.

Source: E Turbo News

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Brasil: Bolsonaro quiere que se concedan seis bloques de aeropuertos más hasta 2022

El equipo del presidente electo, Jair Bolsonaro, ya cuenta con una hoja de ruta para llevar a cabo las concesiones aeroportuarias. El plan prevé dos nuevas rondas para transferir 44 terminales a la iniciativa privada. Este es el tamaño de la red que seguirá bajo el control de la estatal Infraero tras la próxima subasta del sector, preparada por el actual gobierno.

Un proyecto inicial prevé la división de los aeropuertos restantes en seis grandes bloques regionales. La primera ronda de gestión de Bolsonaro, con tres bloques, tendría lugar en 2020. Una segunda ronda, en 2021 ó 2022, tendría tres bloques más y terminaría con la red de terminales de Infraero. Congonhas (SP) y Santos Dumont (RJ), las dos «joyas de la corona».
La idea es aprovechar el número cada vez menor de aeropuertos estatales rentables para convertirlos en los «extractores» de cada bloque, junto con los activos deficitarios, en un modelo conocido informalmente como «filete sin deshuesar». En total, se esperan inversiones privadas de casi R$ 10 mil millones en la modernización de pistas, patios de aeronaves y terminales de pasajeros.

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Third terminal at Bhubaneswar Airport soon

In view of increase in number of air passengers, the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here will have its third terminal soon, informed Ministry of Civil Aviation Joint Secretary Usha Padhee after a meeting in New Delhi today.

The third terminal will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 930 crore, Padhee said.

The terminal-III with advanced facilities will be constructed near terminal-I with a passenger handling capacity of 6 million per year. Construction work of the proposed terminal-III is likely to begin from July 2019, said an official.

While terminal-III  will be constructed for the purpose of domestic air passengers, terminal-I and II will be used for international flights, he added.

Sources said the airport registers over 39 per cent growth in the number of passengers in a year. In fact, the BPIA has left many leading airports in the country behind as far as passenger traffic growth rate is concerned. The footfall at BPIA is higher than that of Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata airports.

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Punjab cabinet approves setting up of international airport at Halwara

Punjab cabinet on Monday gave a formal approval to the state and central government’s proposal to set up an international civil terminal at Air Force Station Halwara. It also pledged to give away 135.54 acres land free of cost for the project.
The Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, also gave go-ahead for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the same.

A spokesperson of the chief minister’s office said that the civil terminal would be developed jointly by the AAI and the Government of Punjab through a Joint Venture Company (JVC) to be constituted for the purpose. While AAI would have majority stake of 51 percent, the Punjab government, through the Greater Ludhiana Development Authority (GLADA), will have 49 percent stake in the project.

The state Government would provide 135.54 acres of land free of cost to the JVC by the way of its equity in the project. The capital expenditure on development of the new airport would be borne by AAI, whereas the expenditure on the operation, maintenance and repairs would be taken care of by the JVC.

According to the spokesperson, the first phase of the project, which will include development of a new international civil enclave over an area of 135.54 acres for full-fledged operations up to Code-4C type aircraft, is likely to be completed within three years.

The project, aimed at giving a fillip to the economic development of Punjab’s business and industrial hub of Ludhiana, also fulfills a long-pending demand of the Ludhiana-based industry, which the chief minister has now acceded.

Notably, Ludhiana is Punjab’s largest industrial and business city with a population of nearly two million, which is presently serviced by a small airport at Sahnewal under the operational control of AAI, which runs RCS-UDAN flights to Delhi. Ludhiana also has the advantage of being at the geographical centre of Punjab.

With the length of the runway at the present airport being limited, it only allows for operation of small aircrafts which severely limits air connectivity.

Moreover, as the city has grown significantly around the airport, acquisition of additional land and expansion of the existing airport at Sahnewal is not feasible.
Source: The Times of India