PROJECT WATCH Zagreb Airport New terminal planned for the South European gateway within the next fi ve years.
project details Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Important developments: New terminal
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agreb Airport’s planned new terminal has moved a step closer to reality following the Croatian government’s decision to invite tenders from companies interested
in building and operating the new facility. Based on a master plan drawn up by Project
Airport GmbH, the government is initially looking for a 3.5mppa capacity terminal which will cost around €120 million and open in late 2014 or early 2015. The estimated cost of the eight-gate facility
rises to €150 million including the additional 132,000sqm of apron required for aircraft parking and ramp activities. The complex has been designed by a
consortium made up of IGH – the Civil Engineering Institute of Croatia – and Zagreb-based Neidhardt Arhitekti and Kincl Ltd, which beat off stiff competition from Shigeru Ban Architects and Foster+Partners in an international design competition. The terminal’s impressive design features a
‘spine’ like structure with a glass walled façade and waved roof. The design also outlines plans for a host of retail and F&B outlets that are expected to include banks, shops, cafes and restaurants. A large zone immediately adjacent to the new
terminal has been set aside for commercial services that include a luxury conference hotel with its own direct underground link to the terminal and nearby railway station. Phase II of the development will see the
€72 million construction of an additional south-west pier with nine or ten jet bridges, covered car parking facilities and the extension of the ramp to 330,000sqm, effectively raising Zagreb Airport’s capacity to 5mppa.
And the third and fi nal phase of the
current master plan – its timing determined by traffi c growth – will involve a €44 million expansion that will ultimately equip the gateway with a 65,000sqm terminal capable of handling in excess of 5.5mppa. Zagreb Airport director, Tonci Peovic, is
confi dent that the new facility – which will ultimately be over fi ve the times the size of the existing terminal – will transform the gateway and help it become a force in South East Europe. But he is more than aware that the
building has been talked about for nearly 15 years without much happening, so is taking nothing for granted. “We need a new terminal because we have
outgrown the existing facility,” says Peovic. “We cannot, unfortunately, fund the project ourselves so the government is looking for private investors and will probably opt for a BOT contract.” Peovic hints at the possibility of the existing
terminal becoming a LCC facility when the new complex opens in fi ve years time, but believes whether this happens or not will be up to the new investors. The airport recently renovated its runway and
upgraded the existing terminal, which will gain a more spacious check-in hall next year with the opening of a new 6,000sqm annex. The new annex will raise the gateway’s
capacity to 3mppa and allow it to open a handful of new commercial outlets in the terminal that will include landside restaurants and shops. Croatia’s largest airport currently handles
around two million passengers and 12,000 tonnes of cargo annually.
AIRPORT WORLD/OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2010 AW
Scheduled completion: 2014 onwards
Principal companies involved: Project Airport GmbH, IGH, Neidhardt Arhitekti, Kincl
Total investment: €260 million
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