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México: Santa Lucia Internacional, AICM nacional y Toluca complemento

El nuevo titular de la Secretaría de Turismo (Sectur), Miguel Torruco, aseguró que la actual Base Aérea de Santa Lucia servirá para atender a los vuelos internacionales, el Internacional de la Ciudad de México “Benito Juárez” (AICM), para vuelos nacionales y el Aeropuerto de Toluca como complemento.

Así lo aseguró durante su primera conferencia de prensa el secretario, quien dijo que el plan que actualmente sostiene el nuevo Gobierno Federal del Presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, es el más eficiente y que detonará economía principalmente en la zona del Aeropuerto Militar de Santa Lucia.

La nueva estrategia de mantener las tres terminales operativas simultáneamente y aliviar el ya saturado Aeropuerto “Benito Juárez”. Estas adecuaciones deberán de concluirse en aproximadamente 2 años y deberán ser encabezadas por la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, en coordinación con la Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), y Los Servicios a la Navegación en el Espacio Aéreo Mexicano (SENEAM).

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Sheremetyevo International Airport board approves development plan

Sheremetyevo International Airport JSC´s board of directors has announced it has approved multiple phases of the Master Development Plan for the Moscow airport, the board said.

The board approved the construction and renovation of Terminal C (Phase 1) along with updated parking lot reconstruction plans. The Board of Directors also gave a greenlight to develop a rail station in the Northern Terminal Complex.

The Board approved the Master Development Plan for Sheremetyevo International Airport until 2024.

In 2019, the airport will construct a third runway, increasing the capacity of the airport from 55 to 90 takeoff and landing operations an hour. Phase 1 of Terminal C construction will also finish in 2019, offering an annual capacity of 20 million passengers and multilevel parking for 2,500 vehicles.

In 2020, the airport will add a hangar complex with an aircraft maintenance area to the third runway. The complex will feature at least seven hangars for our partner airlines, and process pads for specialized ground handling and airfield service vehicles.

In 2021, Phase 2 of construction will begin on Terminal C, increasing its capacity by 10 million passengers per year, along with an additional 1,500 parking spots in the multi-level complex. The airport will also develop a railway and rail station in the Northern Terminal Complex, which will provide passengers with a direct connection from Central Moscow to Terminals B and C of SIA. JSC Russian Railways will lead the rail project for Sheremetyevo.

In 2022, SIA will develop an apron for the third runway that will host more than 40 parking lots for aircraft. Developers will also construct a Sheremetyevo “Moscow Cargo” terminal with a capacity to handle 380 thousand tons of cargo annually.

The JSC SIA Board of Directors approved all financial statements for the first 9 months of 2018, prepared in accordance with Russian Accounting Standards (RAS).

Source: Financial News UK

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Ethiopia surpasses Dubai as major transit hub to Africa.

Ethiopia, the base for Africa’s largest Aviation Group Ethiopian Airlines, has overtaken Dubai as the top transit hub for long-haul passengers to Africa, Reuters has reported citing travel consultancy ForwardKeys. The success underscores the continued success of Ethiopian Airlines’ expansion drive and the reforms of Ethiopian Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Abiy Ahmed, according to ForwardKeys.

Addis Ababa airport had increased the number of international transfer passengers to sub-Saharan Africa for five years in a row, and in 2018 had surpassed Dubai, one of the world’s busiest airports, as the transfer hub for long-haul travel to the region. Travel booking systems data revealed that the number of long-haul transfers to sub-Saharan Africa via Addis Ababa jumped by 85 percent from 2013 to 2017. Transfers via Dubai over the same period rose by 31 percent. The move to allow visitors to apply for visas online, and the pledge of Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Abiy Ahmed to open Ethiopia’s largely state-controlled economy to foreign investment are said to have contributed to the increase in bookings via Addis Ababa.

Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam remarked, “The report by travel consultancy ForwardKeys reveals Ethiopia’s leading role in serving as the major African hub to long-haul air travel to the region, and it perfectly matches with the ambitions of our Pan-African airline which has always sought a fair share for African carriers in the continent’s air travel market. Our continued investment in expanding our intra-African network, which is the largest by an airline, is now paying dividends. With the partnerships we are entering with indigenous African airlines and the massive expansion work underway at Addis Ababa Airport, Ethiopia is set to grow even further as the major transit hub for long-haul air traffic to/from Africa.”

Dubai has long been a major global air travel hub because it is the base of Gulf carrier Emirates. Given the lack of an “open skies” deal smoothing flights across Africa, many passengers traveling between one part of the continent and another, or from Asia or Europe to Africa, must often transit through Dubai, Reuters noted in its report.

With 117 international passenger and cargo destinations across five continents, 60 of which are in Africa, Ethiopian commands the lion’s share of intra-African network.

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CAM to launch Macao Airport’s terminal south extension project

Macau International Airport Company (CAM) has announced plans to begin works on the passenger terminal building south extension design and build project early next year in China.

CAM is the operator of Macau International Airport. It said that design works have already started for the southern extension of the passenger terminal in preparation for construction of the three-level building next year.

The project will cover 5,700m², comprising an extension of three levels from the existing passenger terminal building to bring the total floor area to 17,100m².

The extension plan will include architectural and structural works, evaluation and maintenance (E&M), with additional departure hall, offices, and three more loading bridges.

“Once operational, the project will boost the passenger terminal building’s capacity to ten million people per annum.”

CAM said that the company will use building information modelling (BIM) for the southern extension of the passenger terminal.

According to CAM, BIM technology is capable of accelerating project completion and solves many engineering problems by turning 2D drawings into 3D models.

Construction of the passenger terminal building north extension project started earlier this year. CAM also used BIM technology for this expansion.

The facility will boost the terminal building floor space to 14,000m², featuring a total of five passenger loading bridges.

In addition, the overall design capacity of the passenger terminal building increased from six million passengers per annum to 7.8 million.

Source: Airport Technology