NEWS
Oslo unveils expansion plans
Twelve years on from its opening, the governing board of Avinor has approved plans to upgrade Oslo Airport. The decision paves the way for a two phase
expansion programme that will raise the gateway’s design capacity from 17 million passengers per annum – exceeded by 2mppa in 2010 – to an initial 28mppa and then 35mppa. The timing of the second phase of the
Holographic help for security
airport’s development will be determined by the government which has to approve it. However, a construction start date of 2023 has already been mooted. It is thought that 35mppa is Oslo Airport’s
Manchester and Luton airports in the UK have become the fi rst airports in the world to introduce holograms as part of their passenger security preparation. At Manchester, eye-catching holograms of customer service staff John Walsh and Julie Capper now greet passengers before they enter the security search area to explain the aerosol, liquid and gels (LAGs) restrictions and remind travellers to have their boarding cards ready. Manchester’s customer service director, Julie Armstrong, says: “We don’t want anyone to have
to throw their drink or makeup away at the security checkpoints so we’ve tried lots of different ways to reinforce the liquid rules, from posters to people dressed up as giant deodorant cans. Maybe holograms are the answer? You certainly can’t miss them and with the real John and Julie already being popular with our customers, I’m hopeful that their virtual selves will be a big hit too.”
Airport upgrade for Costa Rica
Costa Rica has announced that it is to invest $2.6 billion on upgrading the country’s port, airport and highway infrastructure over the next few years. The declaration of intent – outlined in the government’s 2011-14 national development plan
– follows an earlier statement from President, Laura Chinchilla Miranda, claiming that the construction of a new airport in the south of the country was of “national interest”. It is estimated that as part of the plans, a new international airport costing upwards of
$35 million will built in Valle de Diques in the Sierpe de Osa region. Capital San José’s Juan Santamaría International Airport, operated by a consortium
spearheaded by US-based Houston Airport Systems (HAS), ADC and Brazilian company, Andrade Gutierrez Concessoes (AGC), recently invested $100 million on the modernisation and expansion of its new terminal building.
maximum capacity without the addition of a third runway.
Munich plans new satellite complex
Munich Airport has announced plans to boost Terminal 2’s capacity by opening a new €650 million satellite building in 2015. The project – which will be jointly funded by
airport operator FMG and German national fl ag carrier Lufthansa – is set to raise the gateway’s capacity by up to 11 million passengers per annum. FMG claims that the new 52-gate complex is
vital to the airport’s future success for passenger throughput in Terminal 2, which is expected to reach its 25mppa design capacity in 2011. “The satellite building will ensure that the
Munich hub will remain a reliable engine for growth and employment in the state of Bavaria in the near future and beyond,” says Georg Fahrenschon, the Bavarian fi nance minister and chairman of the supervisory board of FMG.
Russian conglomerate, Sistema, is phone
oil producer Bashneft. Vnukovo is Moscow’s third-biggest
airport and Sheremetyevo.
Amsterdam Schiphol handled 45.3 million passengers last year – 3.8% more than it welcomed in 2009. Cargo volumes
at the
Dutch gateway also grew, by 16%, to 1.5 million tonnes in 2010, although air traffi c movements
The Colombian government has decided to modify
package to
the Eje Cafetero airport focus
on concession Armenia’s El Edén
International Airport and the new gateway being built in Palestina. The decision means that moves to privatise Pereira’s Matecaña
group MTS after
Domodedovo and
reputedly
looking to buy a stake in Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport. The company owns Russia’s leading mobile
mid-size
fell by 1.3% to 386,319. “Emerging from the recession, the aviation sector has been able to turn around the negative trend that characterised 2009 and started growing again,” enthuses Jos Nijhuis, Schiphol Group president and CEO.
International Airport in Risaralda department and Cartago Airport in Valle del Cauca department as part
of the coffee region’s concession package are being put on hold.
Ferrovial is in talks with investors to sell a 10% stake in UK airport operator, BAA, by June 2011 in a bid to halve its debts which are believed to exceed €24.5 billion. Ferrovial would want at least €200 million for the stake and is currently
talking to infrastructure, sovereign
wealth and pension funds primarily from the US and Britain.
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