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Taiwan builds a third terminal
Taiwan Taoyuan Airport is the largest airport in Taiwan, and the 11th busiest in the world by international passenger traffic prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. The new Terminal 3 development is one of the airport’s major expansion projects. It was built in response to the rapid growth in passenger volume and economic activities in the Asia-Pacific region. We hear from an airport spokesperson to learn more.
How is Taiwan Taoyuan Airport positioned after the pandemic? Positioned to develop into East Asia’s main hub airport for the circulation of passengers, services and logistics between Asia-Pacific and North America, the Taoyuan Airport Park has been striving for five long-term development goals – to become a high-performance transfer node, a service and operation centre, a sustainable safe airport, a forward-looking smart airport, and a vibrant airport city – with adherence to the five core values of safety, integrity, professionalism, innovation and enthusiasm.
What are the main goals of the new Terminal 3 at Taiwan Taoyuan Airport?
Before the pandemic, we aimed to meet the needs of growth and provide quality services. Since the pandemic, we’re seeking to create the momentum for development and build a new gateway.
Pre-Covid, the capacity of both Terminal 1 and 2 of Taoyuan Airport, which have operated for many years, was insufficient to cope with the rapid growth of passenger traffic volume. Consequently, the main purpose of building Terminal 3 was to meet the needs of future growth, improving service quality and enhancing international competitiveness, as well as achieving the aim of being a hub airport for East Asia. After the pandemic, to stimulate the rebounding travel volume, the aviation market needs new subjects and new energy. The full construction of Terminal 3 will inject a new power to the aviation industry. In addition to meeting the original needs of travel growth, the new terminal will be designated as a new landmark and gateway
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to help promote market recovery and satisfy the future development.
How will this expansion support future growth for the airport? As a gateway linking the third runway and satellite hall, Terminal 3 will offer more parking spaces and increase the passenger capacity. In the blueprint of Taoyuan Airport, Terminal 3 is in a key position with heritage – adding 27 aprons, including six remote ones and increasing the annual capacity by 20 million passengers – connecting the Terminal 1 and 2 through ground access, passenger transport systems and MRTs within the airport area. The airport also plans to connect the future third runway and satellite hall through the passenger transportation system, handling their travel between the airport park, the third runway and the satellite hall. Aided by the new apron facilities from the satellite hall, Terminal 3 can be used to full advantage to achieve the customs clearance capacity of 45 million passengers.
What kind of facilities are being developed in the new terminal? Terminal 3 is designed to handle a customs clearance capacity of 45 million passengers per year and boarding capacity of 20 million passengers per year, and the related facilities are planned in accordance with quality service. With regards to ‘Smart’ features implemented in the terminal, we have biometrics, self-service check-in and intelligent customs clearance. For ‘Green’ features, we have solar power, electric vehicle charging piles, green buildings and an LEED energy-saving design. And then for ‘Culture’, we have the wavy hyperboloid
roof symbolising the sea and valleys of Taiwan, the terminal roads surrounded by green embankments, and the cloud ceiling representing the cloudy mist. All of these will create a new facility that is people- oriented and nature-radiated – both a benchmark airport and a smart airport.
What key points have influenced the design of the terminal? The design team’s inspiration came from the ocean that surrounds Taiwan – the first sight of passengers on arrival is green mountains on both sides of the freeway – when leaving the airport, the passengers’ visual experience is of the green valleys along the freeway. The overall design of Terminal 3 was inspired by the image of Taiwan, an island surrounded by the vast ocean and lush mountains.
How is sustainability incorporated into the design and how will it be seen in airport operations? Taiwan Green Building Council and American LEED both have a set of building codes based on sustainable development goals. Terminal 3 is expected to achieve double gold badges due to the designs of Low-E glass for the curtain wall, the cancellation of the skylight to save energy, the installation of solar power facilities for storing green energy, the use of steel bone reinforced concrete structure for carbon reduction, the installation of a large capacity underground detention pond for water retention and recycling 45% of wastewater for water reuse, as well as a design of large- span structure for flexible use of space and reduced needs for reconstruction. ●
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