Categoría: Nuevos aeropuertos

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Greenland seeks tourists, investors with new airports

Greenland’s parliament has adopted a plan to upgrade or build airports to serve the massive North Atlantic island, keen to attract more tourists to its pristine Arctic wilderness.
Two airports — in the capital Nuuk and in the tourism centre Ilulissat — will be substantially upgraded, making it possible to fly directly to Greenland from Europe and North America.

A new national airport will be built in Qaqortoq in the south.

Greenland is an autonomous Danish territory. The plans have been controversial because of Copenhagen’s direct financial involvement.

The project is estimated to cost at least 3.6 billion kroner (482 million euros).

Almost 20 percent of the financing will be provided by Denmark, which contributes 3.6 billion kroner to the island’s annual budget.

Parliament adopted the proposal late Thursday with 18 out of 29 votes.

The three airports will serve the main population centres of the island, which is home to 55,000 people spread out across an area more than four times the size of France.

Construction of the airports is scheduled to be completed by 2023.

Source: The Local DK

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Bahrain begins drafting proposal on airport project

Bahrain is working on a new proposal for the strategic direction agreement related to a new airport which is set to be established.

The Bahraini Transport and Telecommunications is expected to submit its request for proposals (RFP) by the end of next year or the beginning of 2020, its minister Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed confirmed.

The construction efforts on the planned passenger terminal at Bahrain International are scheduled for conclusion late next year.

The planned airport, valued at an estimate of USD10 billion, is expected to be set up in cooperation with the Bahraini private sector.

Source: MENAFN

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Colombia anuncia construcción de terminal internacional aeropuerto amazónico

El Gobierno de Colombia anunció hoy la construcción de la terminal internacional del Aeropuerto Alfredo Vásquez Cobo del Amazonas, con la que ese departamento se convertirá en un “nodo de conectividad entre Colombia, Brasil y Perú”.

Así lo anunció el director de la Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil (Aerocivil), Juan Carlos Salazar, durante el “Taller Construyendo País” que encabezó el presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, en Leticia, la capital del Amazonas.

“Con la construcción del terminal internacional del aeropuerto Alfredo Vásquez Cobo, de Leticia, la obra más ambiciosa en muchos años en el Amazonas, nuestro país se convertirá en nodo de interconexión aérea entre Colombia, Brasil y Perú”, manifestó Salazar.

El directivo agregó que con la obra se dará paso a “un nuevo aeropuerto internacional” con las mejores características y “especificaciones técnicas de la región”, lo que ayudará a dinamizar el turismo en esa zona del país.

Para atraer inversión en ese sector, afirmó que el Ministerio de Transporte y de Comercio “trabajan de la mano” para que las aerolíneas inicien operaciones hacia Leticia.

Entre las obras se encuentra una ampliación de la terminal de pasajeros, de la torre de control y del área de carga, detalló el funcionario.

“Este terminal, que es una obra muy compleja, esperamos ponerlo al servicio de la comunidad y de los visitantes en la primera mitad del próximo año”, señaló Salazar.

Fuente: Contacto Hoy

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CABINETS NODS ITEZHI TEZHI AIRPORT PROJECT

Cabinet has approved the construction of an International Airport in Itezhi Tezhi District.

Central Province Permanent Secretary, Chanda Kabwe says the Ministry of finance is working on the financing modalities.

Mr Kabwe says the Airport will be constructed under a Public Private Partnership.

He told ZNBC News in an interview that this will be key to the tourism sector as the Airport will also service the Kafue National Park.

And Mr Kabwe says an investor will put up a multi-million hotel in Chitambo where the bat migration takes place

Source: Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation

Note: The proposed site for the airport is on a land approximately 6 kilometres North East of Itezhi Tezhi along the D769 road that links Itezhi Tezhi to Mongu –Lusaka Road.

The project once completed will be a magnet for business locations, commercial transactions, information exchange, and leisure activities.
The airport will become the main gateway into the Kafue National Park and is envisaged to boost the tourism industry in Itezhi Tezhi which has been a tourism sleeping giant.