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Langkawi Airport expansion will boost passenger growth

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is confident that the expansion of the Langkawi International Airport (LGK) will further facilitate its passenger growth.

Acting Group Chief Executive Officer Raja Azmi Raja Nazuddin said several foreign airlines had expressed their interest to operate from the airport.

“In 2017, LGK registered 2.7 million passenger traffic movements, with a 14.6 per cent increase in international passengers.

“From January to June 2018, international passenger traffic movement increased by 23.9 per cent compared with the same period in 2017,” he said in a statement today.

The year-long expansion project, which began in October 2017, has increased the airport’s capacity from 1.5 million passengers per annum (mppa) to 4.0 mppa.

Raja Azmi said six airlines were currently operating from LGK, flying to four domestic destinations and five international destinations, with a combined weekly frequency of 238 flights.

The expansion has increased the total gross floor area of LGK’s terminal building from 15,000 sqm to 23,000 sqm, and its facilities have also been upgraded to reduce congestion and improve operational efficiencies.

Source: MalayMail

NOTE: The expansion project for Langkawi International Airport (LGK) has been completed and opened for operations on 1 September 2018 at 6 am.

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Eiffage plans to bid for Lille airport privatisation in H2

Eiffage plans to bid to operate the Lille airport in northern France in a privatisation process to be launched in the second half of this year, Chief Executive Benoit de Ruffray said on Thursday.

Rival French construction and concessions company Vinci has won concession contracts to operate airports in Europe, Asia and Latin America and has made airports one its key businesses.

De Ruffray said his company had also bid to upgrade and operate a motorway in central France that would require a 600 million euro ($701.34 million) investment.

Eiffage on Wednesday reported a half-year profit that beat analyst forecasts buoyed by new infrastructure contracts in the Paris region and a rise in revenue from its motorway business.

Source: Nasdaq

NOTE:  Lille Airport belongs to a Joint Association, the SMALIM (Joint Association of Lille and Merville Airports), a legal entity under public law. This Joint Association is made up as follows: Nord – Pas de Calais Regional Council (60%), Lille Metropolitan Urban Community (34%) and Flanders Lys Community of Communes (6%).

Lille Airport has been managed and operated by SOGAREL (the Lille Regional Airport Management Company) under a 10-year Public Service Contract.

SOGAREL is a private group whose shareholders are the CCI Hauts de France (61%), Transdev (34%) and SANEF (5%).

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Guam: FAA provides $4.47M to support airport’s third-floor addition

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam (GIAA) grant funding of $4,474,299.00 for the modification of the terminal building, which includes seismic upgrades and retrofitting of areas, to support the construction of the new International Arrivals Corridor (3rd Floor Project).

The modifications are part of the overall $110M International Arrivals Corridor Project that will direct all arriving passengers up to a new 3rd floor and drop down to the US Customs and Immigration Hall. Once complete, the airport will meet the federal mandate to separate arriving and departing passengers.

 

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Missoula International Airport will begin remodel

The Missoula International Airport will begin a remodeling project in September.

The airport grew 60 percent over the last 15 years. Airport Director Brian Ellestad said the goal of the project is to improve the overall customer experience.
«The main thing our passengers will see is moving the current TSA checkpoint to the middle of the building, say where our bear is in the middle of the lobby,” said Ellestad.
By moving the checkpoint, there will be larger gate areas, room for more food options and faster TSA security lines.
Ellestad emphasized that the project is funded by user fees and federal government grants.
The TSA renovation will be finished in the next year, and the rest of the airport will be completed in phases over a five year span.

Source: NBC Montana