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El Aeropuerto de Bilbao registra 555.793 pasajeros en julio

El tráfico de pasajeros sigue al alza en el Aeropuerto de Bilbao. En el mes de julio el tráfico ha crecido un 8,3%, hasta los 555.793 viajeros.

En julio la cifra de pasajeros de vuelos nacionales ha crecido un 8,5%, registrando 297.098 viajeros. El tráfico internacional alcanza los 256.902 pasajeros, un 7,8% más que en el mismo mes del año pasado.

El balance de enero a julio registra un alza del 9% en el número de pasajeros, hasta 3.098.991 viajeros que han usado la infraestructura vizcaína para sus desplazamientos.

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Slovenia: Ljubljana Airport readies for new terminal

Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport is expected to start work on the construction of its new terminal building by the end of the year in order for it to open its doors to the public in time for the 2020 summer season. The Maribor-based Plan B Architects have been commissioned to design the new terminal. The company recently completed the structure’s design (pictured), while a tender call for the facility’s construction is expected soon. Stretching over 10.000 square metres, it will feature a new departures hall with 22 check-in counters, five security lanes, three baggage reclaim carousels, a new baggage sorting area, a large duty free shop, a new premium lounge, as well as new food and beverage facilities.

Initial construction work will involve the demolition of the old administrative building, which is expected to take place during the fourth quarter of the year, while the construction of the new terminal will be carried out mostly during 2019. The existing passenger terminal, which stretches over 13.000 square metres, will also be partially renovated. The two facilities will be joined to form a single functioning unit. The new terminal will significantly boost capacity from 500 to 1.280 passengers per hour.

Ljubljana Airport handled a total of 831.195 travellers during the first half of the year, which is up 15% on 2017. Growth was fuelled by the launch of seven new routes by Adria Airways, as well as improved passenger numbers on almost all other flights, with exception to Vienna, Belgrade and London Gatwick.

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Sri Lanka: Fresh bids to be called for Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) development project

The Government is to call for fresh bids for the construction of a new terminal at the Bandaranaike International Airport after the Cabinet decided to cancel the bid from Japan on grounds that it was too high, a senior official said.

Airport and Aviation Service Sri Lanka Ltd Chairman Saman Ediriweera told the Sunday Times that the bid had a difference of 46 percent when compared to the engineer’s estimate. The Cabinet, which considered the proposal, had decided to cancel the bidding process and advised to obtain the concurrence from JICA (Japanese International Cooperation Agency) for rebidding for the US$ 700 million project.

It was also proposed to promote the project as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP). A detailed design for the project was carried out by the Japan Airport Consultants in 2006 at a cost of Rs 340 million, but the project was delayed due to a range of reasons. The bidding process for the Stage Two of the project’s phase II resumed in September/November 2016 in two packages. However only one contractor was found and that too only for one package of the project.

The decision to call fresh bids is now set to delay the construction of the terminal until 2022. Mr Ediriweera said that the present terminal handled more than 10 million passengers annually though it was geared to handle around 6 million

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Rwanda to hit the one million mark of passengers and news about the Bugesera airport

The number of people visiting or transiting through Rwandan airports is set to increase to over one million this fiscal year, according to projections from the Ministry of Infrastructure and affiliated institutions.

According to figures presented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Christian Rwakunda, aviation traffic will rise to 1,151,300, from 926,571 passengers.

The number has been on the increase given that those who had visited or transited through the country in 2016-17 were 747,761, according to the officials.

Presenting the performance contracts signed between the ministry with its line agencies, Rwakunda said that the national carrier, RwandAir, which is behind these increasing numbers, will this fiscal year add five new destinations.

This will increase RwandAir’s number of destinations to 31 in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America.

Rwakunda said that the new destinations to be added through the fiscal year including Addis- Ababa, Guangzhou, Tel-Aviv, Conakry and New York.

“Air transport sector registered a substantial growth in terms of passenger numbers, routes expansion and airport expansion and construction,” he added.

Recently, the national carrier added new destinations including Brussels, London, Dakar, Abuja, and Cape Town. Before that, the airline had opened other long-haul flights to London in the United Kingdom and Mumbai in India.

Update on Bugesera airport

Rwakunda said that the construction of Phase One of Bugesera International Airport has made great strides, saying that next June the works will be 70 percent complete.

Completion is expected before the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2019-20, according to officials.

In 2017, Rwanda hosted 169 international meetings which brought tens of thousands of customers to its hotels, restaurants and the national airline and $40m was injected into the economy, according to RDB.

It affirms that going forward; the country will position itself as a leading destination for tourism, conference and meeting destination in Africa.