Bangladesh: Tender for 3rd terminal at HSIA next month


Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) will float tender next month to construct the much-awaited 3rd terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka, reports BSS.

The construction work of the new terminal will be completed by 2022 with an estimated cost of Tk 13,610.47 crore under the financial assistance of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

After completion of the terminal, passenger handling capacity of the country’s major airport will increase to 20 from 8 million and cargo handling capacity to 5 from 2 lakh tonnes annually.

The airport is anticipated to witness passenger traffic of approximately 12 million by August 2022 and up to 22 million by 2035, according to CAAB’s official data.

The expansion will include the construction of the third passenger terminal building known as Terminal 3, as well as a 5,900 square meters VVIP complex, 41,200 square meters cargo building and multi-level car parking building with tunnel, officials said.

The new international passenger terminal building is set to have a floor area of roughly 226,000 square meters.

Additionally, the project will see the construction of several exit and connecting taxiways, a parking apron in Terminal 3, new roads to connect the terminal with the airport road and a drainage system.

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport began operations in 1980 and is situated on an 802ha site in Kurmitola, north of the capital Dhaka. Currently, the airport has one domestic terminal and two international terminals with a maximum capacity of eight million passengers a year.

Source: The Independent BD

Trinidad & Tobago: Controversy over the acquisition of land in the Crown Point area to build a new terminal

On May 14, the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) and the Airports Authority held a public consultation at the Rovanel’s Resort on Store Bay Local Road, announcing then that Government was seeking to acquire 84 acres of land in the area to build a new airport terminal, and that construction was to begin in December.

The PM terminal building will be constructed under a BOLT (Build Own Lease Transfer) agreement, adding that the implementing agency was the National Infrastructure Development Company (NIDCO) and arrangement for the funding was to be done by the Ministry of Finance.

The THA, he said, is involved in the whole question of what will be built, as well as how the work will proceed.

Acquisition of lands for the construction of the new airport terminal in Crown Point will be done in a civilised, sensible and professional way, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, said last Thursday.

Source: Newsday. T&T

NOTE: Crown Point is a town in southwestern Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago. It contains the Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson International Airport which was formerly known as the Crown Point Airport.

Argentina: ampliarán el aeropuerto de Bariloche

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Bariloche será ampliado y renovado a partir de finales del 2018, debido a la necesidad de contar con una terminal acorde a las necesidades actuales y brindar un mejor servicio al creciente número de pasajeros que transitan por el aeródromo.

La transformación del aeropuerto implica la expansión de las plataformas comerciales, sumando nuevas posiciones y mangas (pasarelas que conectan la terminal aérea con el avión), para que más aviones operen al mismo tiempo; la ampliación de la terminal de pasajeros, con nuevos mostradores de check-in, nuevas puertas de embarque y nuevas cintas de equipaje; la ampliación del estacionamiento; y un nuevo acceso vehicular que ordene la circulación en el ingreso al aeródromo.

Para llevar a cabo el proyecto se invertirá la suma de 2.000 millones de pesos (US$ 67 millones), el cual constará de dos etapas para triplicar la capacidad de recepción tanto en vuelos internacionales como domésticos: la primera, con la incorporación de una nueva manga que estará lista antes de la temporada invernal del 2019; y la segunda, que completará el resto de la nueva infraestructura para el 2020.

La terminal aérea pasará de tener 9.000 metros cuadrados a 16.000 y en lugar de dos mangas contará con seis al finalizar las obras. Mientras que en el estacionamiento, la capacidad aumentará de 350 a 1.200 lugares.

Una vez terminados los trabajos se habrá incrementado un 54% la capacidad y podrá recibir dos millones de pasajeros anualmente.

New international airport opened in Maldives

Incumbent president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Tuesday inaugurated the country’s new international airport in Noonu Atoll.

During a ceremony, President Yameen unveiled the monument placed to inaugurate the airport and harbour at Maafaru island as part of his ongoing tour to the Atoll ahead of the upcoming presidential elections.

The inauguration comes two weeks after the first test flight landed at Maafaru International Airport (MIA).

The project funded by the Abu Dhabi Fund worth USD60 million has been described as a ‘gift’ to the Maldivian people by the UAE government with 2,200 meter runway capable of catering to the biggest air crafts and modern facilities.

MIA becomes the fourth international airport in the Maldives along with Velana International Airport, Hanimaadhoo International Airport and Gan International Airport.