ASIA PACIFIC: HANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT


Hangzhou to issue T4 tenders next year


By the end of 2022, China’s 10th busiest airport Hangzhou International will have increased its passenger capacity to 61 million. This makes it an attractive business proposition to any retailers looking to bid for duty free and duty paid tenders due to be released next year. Charlotte Turner reports.


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onstruction on the third phase expansion of Hangzhou International


Airport, including the new Terminal 4 and the Ground Transportation Centre (GTC), began last year, with an official ceremony taking place as 2018 came to a close. Terminal 4 alone will span


720,000sq m, but taking the GTC into consideration – which will include offices, hotels, and other ancillary structures – the total footprint will total 1.5 million sq m. The third phase project will be


divided into three sub-phases, explains David Jea, formerly Deputy General Manager for Hangzhou International Airport. He has since moved back to work for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in the role of Senior Manager, Business Continuity Planning. “To put it simply, in the first sub-


phase we will finish construction on three piers, each of which will allow us to increase passenger capacity by 7m. Therefore, in total the first sub- phase will see the airport grow its capacity by 21m.”


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The second sub-phase, which will include the construction of two piers, will add another 14m pax capacity while the third and final sub-phase will add two more piers and another 15m pax capacity. “When the third phase project is


complete in 2030, the airport will be able to serve an additional 50m passengers on top of the 40m which we already have capacity for,” adds Jea. “In the more immediate future, total capacity will reach 61m pax by 2022.”


Gate switches help demand The airport’s biggest challenge in the coming years will be in ensuring a continuation of operations, while moving forward with major building works in the same terminal areas, all while meeting its construction milestones. However, Jea is confident that the project will be finished on time. “Quite often projects like these


look almost impossible to complete at the beginning, but I am confident it will happen in the time frame. This is not uncommon in China especially


for projects conducted by state- owned enterprises (SOE) such as ours. We are fortunate to have the support of the Chinese government propelling us forward.” Referring more particularly to the


first three piers to be built in the first sub-phase, Jea revealed that they will serve a mix of international and domestic flights, with individual gates able to switch from one to the other, depending on demand. This is a strategy which other Chinese airports have also employed over the years, as have some in Japan.


“This is not uncommon in China especially for projects conducted by state-owned enterprises (SOE) such as ours. We are fortunate to have the support of various levels of the Chinese government propelling us forward.”


David Jea,


Former Deputy General Manager for Hangzhou International Airport


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Above: Terminal 4 alone will span 720,000sq m, but taking the GTC into consideration – which will include offices, hotels, and other ancillary structures – the total footprint will be 1.5 million sq m.


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