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MIDDLE EAST -
QATAR
Qatar Airways constructs new premium terminal at Doha Airport
 Qatar
Airways recently unveiled details of a dedicated First and
Business Class terminal currently under construction at Doha
International Airport as part of a US$200million expansion at
the current airport. Qatar Airways which manages and operates
Doha International Airport will also be responsible for the
new premium class terminal. Construction of the 10,000 sq m
building began earlier this year at a site next to the main
terminal at Doha International Airport. Dubai-based Micekraft
was appointed by Qatar Airways to design the new terminal
interiors. Due to open this summer, the terminal will be
operational round-the-clock.
An additional 21,000 sq m of
space is being added to the existing airport terminal. The number of boarding
gates will be increased from 10 to 16; there will be two additional immigration
counters; new e-gates in arrival and departure. By early next year, the number
of parking bays will reach 40. The airport terminal expansion is due to be
completed by June.
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ASIA
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VIETNAM
Upgrade
works at Ca Mau Airport approved
The Ministry
of Transport announced it had approved a 10-year master plan
on upgrading the airport in the southernmost province of Ca
Mau, recently reported Viet Nam News. Under the plan, the Ca
Mau aviation terminal is to be expanded over a 185 hectare
site, and will include a new runway, civil aviation services,
maintenance facilities and an air traffic control centre. The
total cost of implementing the plan was estimated to be
US$33.1 million, the ministry said. The new terminal will be
able to accommodate Airbus A320 jets as well as ATR-72 and
Fokker F70 turboprops, and handle 200,000 passengers per year
by 2015 and an additional 100,000 passengers each year by
2025. Ca Mau Airport has handled 9,200 passengers on 174
flights between Ca Mau Province with HCM City since the
beginning of the year.
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ASIA
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SINGAPORE
Tender awarded to develop
luxury facility at Changi Airport
The Civil
Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has awarded a tender to
a joint venture company to develop and manage a luxury
facility at Changi Airport. This dedicated facility, targeted
at the commercially important person (CIP) market, will open
for operations in August this year. The two-storey facility,
which is linked to Terminal 2, will also be equipped with
facilities such as a ‘five-star’ lounge, a business centre,
retail outlets and a gym.
The joint
venture company awarded CAAS’ tender comprises Worldwide
Flight Services, a leading airport and terminal services
company based in France, Superior Travellers Services Limited
and Sembawang Kimtrans Limited, a local company in integrated
logistics.
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MIDDLE EAST
- UAE
UAE-Brazilian JV wins AED one
billion Abu Dhabi airport runway contract
The contract for the construction of the second
runway at Abu Dhabi International Airport is awarded to a UAE-Brazilian
joint venture. The project is part of an AED 30 billion
expansion programme to transform the airport into a
state-of-the-art facility. The second runway contract – worth
over AED one billion – is awarded to Odebrecht-Al Jaber. The
award concluded an extensive bid evaluation process to select
the best offer out of the six bids received from the firms
short-listed by the Supervisory Committee for the Expansion of
Abu Dhabi Airports. Odebrecht-Al Jaber will construct a
4,100-m category-III runway, spaced at a distance of 2,000 m
from the existing runway. The work is to be completed in 18
months.
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ASIA -
MALAYSIA
KLIA to invest EUR 20 million
for high-speed baggage handling system
 The Ministry of Transport of Malaysia has
awarded Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S)
a contract worth more than EUR 20 million to supply and
install a high-speed baggage handling system. The new system
will make baggage transfer times between the satellite
terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and the
Express Rail Link (ERL) platform in the main terminal up to
five times faster. The project is scheduled to be completed by
September 2007. The new baggage handling system (BHS) from
Siemens will transport baggage between the two terminals at
speeds of up to 36 km/hour, compared to the previous rate of
7.2 km/hour. The system uses a high-speed tray conveyor system
in which bags are placed on individual trays for better
control and tracking at high speed compared to conventional
belt conveyors. The additional conveyor lines will also
increase the capacity of the ERL baggage handling at KLIA.
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AFRICA
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SOUTH AFRICA
ACSA invests R37 million in
George Airport terminal upgrading
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) recently announced the
upgrading of the current terminal of George Airport to create
more passenger capacity. The R37m project is scheduled to be
completed by March 2007. This project will create opportunities
for more food and beverage and retail outlets. This will also
include the relocation of the car rental facilities from within
the terminal to the landside of the terminal. The upgrade to the
terminal will be primarily to create capacity in the passenger
departure and arrival areas. To minimise the anticipated
inconvenience to passengers and users, the project will be done
in a phased manner with the car rental relocation and arrivals
terminal upgrade scheduled to be completed long before the
December 2006 peak period.
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