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Istanbul’s huge new airport opens in October and is expected to become the world’s busiest airport

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The first phase of Istanbul’s new airport is due to open in October 2018, and once it is complete, it is expected to become the world’s busiest airport.

Istanbul’s huge new airport is scheduled to open in October.
Istanbul New Airport will be constructed over an area of 76.5 million square meters to the north of İstanbul, 35km away from the city centre. The construction will be carried out in four phases, and the first is scheduled to open on 29 October, Turkey’s Republic Day. It will comprise of three runways and a terminal with a capacity for 90 million passengers.

Once complete, the new airport will have six runways and will host flights going to more than 300 destinations. It will have an annual passenger capacity of up to 200 million people, making it the world’s busiest airport.

Its air traffic control tower is inspired by the tulip, which has been the symbol of İstanbul for many centuries and is an important cultural reference in Turkish-Islamic history. There will be a large duty-free shopping area, and a food and beverage area that IGA, which was founded in 2013 to construct and operate the airport for 25 years, says is bigger than that found in more airports.

Atatürk International Airport is the city’s current airport, but it is ageing and overloaded. It will eventually be converted into a public park, and all flights will ultimately be transferred over to the new airport.

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Descartan hacer nueva terminal en el aeropuerto de Cancún (ampliación de noticia)

Hasta el momento no hay nada que indique que habrá una Terminal 5, “antes de que la iniciemos, por lo menos veremos tres ampliaciones en la T4 –una ya está en marcha–“, dio a conocer Carlos Trueba Coll, director general del aeropuerto de Cancún, según recoge lajornadamaya luego de las noticias aparecidas de que se construiría una nueva terminal.

“Antes que iniciemos la T5, por lo menos veremos dos ampliaciones en la número cuatro”, aseguró el directivo, quien añadió que previamente habrá construcciones y mejoras en prácticamente toda la infraestructura del aeropuerto.

“Habrá una ampliación y mejoramiento de la llegada internacional de la T2, primordialmente en las áreas de Migración, Aduanas y la sala de llegadas internacionales; también tenemos una ampliación y mejoramiento en el área de llegadas de la T3; en este quinquenio estaríamos ampliando la T4”, aclaró.

También informó una inversión de cinco mil 882 millones de pesos para el quinquenio 2019-2023 en proyectos de ampliación y mejoramiento en diversas áreas de las terminales 2 y 3, entre otras en las áreas de Migración y Aduana, que desde siempre han sido dolor de cabeza para los hoteleros y turisteros debido a que en ocasiones la espera rebasa la hora.

Como parte de su Plan Maestro de Desarrollo, el Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (Asur) tiene contemplada la ampliación de la Terminal 4 del coso aéreo, pues el incremento de capacidad se realiza en base a las expectativas de crecimiento para garantizar que haya capacidad de operar.

También habrá una gran cantidad de mejoras en equipamiento, instalaciones, en materia de seguridad aeroportuaria y en la operacional, en medio ambiente, y dentro del programa de rodaje está construir uno nuevo paralelo a la pista 12 izquierda-30 derecha, que es la nueva, y más que permitan mejorar la capacidad operativa del aeropuerto.

Source: Reportur Mx

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Laos airport can now handle 820% more foreign travelers

The international terminal of the airport serving the Laotian capital of Vientiane can now accommodate as many as 2.3 million foreign travelers a year, roughly nine times the original terminal’s capacity.

Japanese construction company Hazama Ando, which managed the expansion project at Wattay International Airport, officially passed the terminal over to the Lao Airports Authority on Thursday.

Also on Thursday, Japanese aviation services provider Jalux and trading house Toyota Tsusho agreed to a 10-year extension of their management of the international terminal in a joint venture with local concerns.

Laos is keen to become a travel destination and the expanded terminal will play a key role.

The government of Laos expects the number of people arriving in the country on international flights to reach 1.51 million in 2023.

The expansion project doubled the size of the international terminal to 25,000 sq. meters.

Source: Nikkei Asian Review

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Indonesia: Construction of Kulonprogo international airport to start this week

Work will start this week to build the new international airport of Yogyakarta in Kulon Progo, General Manager of state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura 1 Bandara Agus Pandu Purnama said.

«The process of land clearing is almost completed, therefore, construction could start this week,» Agus Pandu Purnama said here on Wednesday.

He said the process of construction would be accelerated to meet the target that the New Yogyakarta International Airport could be operational in April 2019.

Construction of runway, taxiway, apron, and passenger terminal has to be 100 percent completed in April, 2019, he said, adding the parking stand is at least 60 percent and the terminal at least 50 percent finished.

He said the new international airport to replace the old airport of Yogyakarta, would open many jobs as the airport is much larger with a capacity of 24 million passengers.

He said the new airport would need 24,000 workers.

Earlier, Chief Executive of PT Angkasa Pura I Faik Fahmi said the people of Yogyakarta have long been awaiting the implementation of the new airport project in the district of Kulon Progo.

Source: AntaraNews