Categoría: Ampliaciones de aeropuertos

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Paraguay: construirán terminal contigua al Silvio Pettirossi

El titular de la Dinac, Edgar Alberto Melgarejo, anunció hoy durante una conferencia de prensa en el Palacio de Gobierno que construirán una terminal adjunta al aeropuerto internacional Silvio Pettirossi (Luque).

La obra será financiada con recursos propios de la Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (Dinac). La inversión ronda los US$ 40 millones.

Comentó que la terminal actual fue concebida para un flujo aproximado de 800.000 pasajeros/año y, hoy día, eso se ha sobrepasado. Cerca de 1.300.000 personas circulan anualmente, sumando llegada y salida de viajeros, más las personas en tránsito por la terminal aeroportuaria. El proyecto tendrá una extensión de 17.000 a 20.000 metros cuadrados, sin contar con las obras complementarias.

Explicó que ya comenzarán los proyectos ejecutivos para posteriormente llamar a licitación pública y poner en marcha lo antes posible. Además dijo que no afectará la libre circulación en el aeropuerto convencional. Indicó que la idea es incentivar el arribo de rutas tales como Asunción-Miami o Asunción- EE.UU. “Estamos buscando un Paraguay sin escalas”, aseveró. Mencionó que el Plan Maestro contempla la ampliación de los otros aeropuertos.

Respecto al tiempo establecido, afirmó que esperan que estén finalizados los trabajos  en el plazo de tres años”

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Oman: Commercial operations at Duqm Airport starts on september 17

The Ministry of Transport and Communications has announced via its Twitter account that commercial operations of the passenger terminal at Duqm Airport will commence on September 17.

The ministry confirmed that work on the project has been completed with the participation of all relevant authorities.

It also stated that it has made the necessary arrangements to facilitate the smooth flow of passengers in the new building.

Work on the new passenger terminal at Duqm Airport started in July 2014.

The airport will connect Duqm to cities across the world. “It complements the great efforts made by the Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm to put Duqm on the world economic map and leverage its strategic location. The runway is designed to receive all types and sizes of aircraft and has a terminal with the capacity to handle 500,000 passengers annually.

“It has waiting areas that are on par with other modern airports,” the Twitter feed said.

The airport has received 120,000 passengers since it started operations till mid-July this year on the Muscat-Duqm route; Oman Air has operated 3,000 flights – six flights weekly.

The passenger terminal, spread over 5,600sq m, has two boarding bridges, five check-in and check-out counters, and a runway of 4km length and 75m width that can receive the biggest aircraft in the world.

The eight-storey building includes a 37m air traffic control tower and offices for observatories. The new passenger terminal is equipped with eight baggage check-in systems, car rental and hotel reservation facilities, in addition to airline offices and a VIP lounge.

Source: Muscat Daily

Note: The Duqm regional Airport is designed to accommodate all types of aircraft, including those handling large passenger numbers and air cargo loads with in-flight catering facilities. The Airport is scheduled to be operational in 2014. It will have a passenger terminal with a capacity of 500,000 travelers per year, a 4 km. runway, a cargo terminal with an initial 50,000 ton capacity, and duty-free shops. Duqm regional Airport will include two gate lounges and two boarding bridges. This state-of-the-art Airport will further boost Duqm tourism – it will bring the region closer to the world and play a key role in Duqm’s multimodal transport system. The airport will connect Duqm to the capital, Muscat, and other regional airports within Oman as well as with a host of international destinations

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Lithuania plans to invest around EUR 700 mln into airport expansion

Lithuania’s government estimates that around 700 million euros will be invested into the expansion of the airports in Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga by 2028. The country plans to continue having a network of three international airports.

«Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga Airports might be expanded based on the modular principle in the future, if needed, to ensure continuous operation of these airports without any inconveniences for passengers and airlines,» Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis was quoted as saying in a statement issued after a Tuesday sitting of a government commission on strategic projects when guidelines for the strategic plan on the development of Lithuanian airports were presented.

A concept for the development of the airports’ infrastructure is expected to be endorsed in November-December.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis stressed the need to build integrated transport infrastructure when expanding the airports.

«The expansion concept for the airports is being coordinated with the construction of the European-gauge railway Rail Baltica. The airports and Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railway) have not had joint project so far. But only an integrated transport system will increase Lithuania’s competitiveness in the region,» the prime minister said in the statement.

Vilnius Airport plans to finish the reconstruction of the departure and arrival terminals by 2028. A new passenger terminal is set to be built in Kaunas and it will be integrated with the Raila Baltica railway line as an underground railway station will be built.

Kaunas Airport also plans to expand aircraft repair and maintenance activities.

Meanwhile, the runway at Palanga Airports will also be reconstructed.

Source: The Baltic Course

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Atlanta airport looks to add gates rather than new terminal

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport officials have shelved plans to build a $1.5 billion international terminal in favor of a more modest proposal to add new gates to its existing terminals, the Atlanta Constitution-Journal reported August 18, 2018.

After determining that the price for the proposed new Terminal G was too steep, officials are looking at extending the airport’s existing domestic terminals to accommodate the new gates. The plan could be incorporated into the Atlanta airport’s ongoing $6 million expansion and modernization project, which already includes the addition of five new gates in Concourse C.

“We have an immediate need for additional domestic gates,” said Tom Nissalke, planning and development manager at the world’s busiest airport by passenger volume.

Options include extending Concourse T and adding six to eight gates, or adding two new gates each to Concources C, D, and E. Those plans would cost approximately $400 to $500 million each, and the latter plan would require the relocation of airport taxiways.

The Atlanta airport currently has 193 gates.

Source: Business Traveller