RS 40,557 M JICA ASSISTANCE FOR PHASE 2 OF BIA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

The Japanese Government has agreed to provide a loan of Japanese Yen 28,969 million (approximately Rs 40,557 million) through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to improve and modernize the facilities of the Bandaranaike International Airport.

The facilities at BIA are to be modernized to transform it as a main commercial and business hub by connecting the eastern and the western countries.

With the dawn of peaceful environment tourism industry has grown rapidly while number of tourist visiting the country has increased The proposal made by President, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance and Planning, to enter into a loan agreement with JICA, was approved by the Cabinet.

Unlikely for second runway.

Logic says the 2nd runway should be angled, unless due to space constraints, it can be parallel

For both, there is lack of space - Airforce, FTZ .. and all and more ..

Unless the carve out space far away from the main runway and put up a backup runway a bit away with proper taxiway ..

Mattala Airport to be ready by October this year - http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_...de_title=46560

Govt. to embark on Stage II of US $ 500 mn BIA expansion project

March 3, 2012, 7:27 pm

The agreement for the BIA expansion project will be signed between Finance Secretary Dr P. B. Jayasundara and JICA officials shortly.Construction is expected to be completed by 2016, Jinadasa Rajapaksa, an Ministry official said.


With the proposed expansion, the BIA passenger handling capacity would be doubled to 12 million per annum. The cargo handling capacity would also be increased to 500,000 metric tons from present capacity of 250,000 metric tons, he noted,


A new split level passenger terminal building which separates arrivals and departures vertically, a new pier with eight boarding gates and 14 passenger boarding bridges with a dedicated gate comprising two passenger boarding bridges for the operations of the new A-380 Airbus, will be included in the proposed new complex, he explained.


There would also be a remote apron and an additional nine parking stands to ease air traffic movements. There would be a tax free apparel shopping mall at the Katunayake BOI Zone to attract more business visitors to Sri Lanka.The tax free shopping mall is to be located adjacent to the arrival terminal and connected by a sky bridge, he said.


The security, administration, fire services buildings and female rest rooms for navigational staff will also be expanded along with the refurbishment of the porches and departure and arrival terminals.

Guys anybody has new photos from BIA with lots of UL Aircrafts around??

Sri Lanka main airport moves 6.34mn pax in 2011:

Mar 12, 2012 (LBO) - Passenger movements through Sri Lanka's main international airport rose to 6.4 million above its design capacity of 6 million passengers, and the state-run agency was scrambling to add capacity, an official said.

Last year, according to the agency's annual report, the international airport at Katunayake handled 5.259 million passengers indicating an increase of 21 percent.

Chairman of the state airport agency, Sri Lanka Airport and Aviation Services Ltd, Prasanna Wickramasuriya told a forum organized by Sri Lanka's shipping academy that the airport handled 208,000 metric tonnes of cargo, up from 187,000 tonnes a year earlier.

The airport can handle 250,000 metric tonnes of cargo a year.

The airport can accommodated 25 airside movements an hour. The airport has been experiencing congestion especially at so-called 'hub peaks'.

Tourist arrivals have been growing over 30 percent a year since a 30-year war ended in 2009.

Thirty three airlines now call at Colombo.

"Day-by-day the enthusiasm is more and other airlines wants to fly into Sri Lanka," Wickramasuriya said.

Wickramasuriya said capacity will be upped by a million passengers a year.

The airport was building a one million passenger domestic terminal to be completed by the end of the year. But it will initially used for international traffic, he said.

Private jet movements had also increased 27 percent, making it difficult to accommodate them, he said. They will be shifted to small airport at Ratmalana, south of the capital Colombo he said.

The airport firm had signed up a loan from Japan to up passenger capacity to 12 million and cargo to 510,000 by 2015, he said.

Sri Lanka one-million-passenger second international airport in Hambantota is also expected to be completed by end 2012 or the first quarter of 2013.

Official Hambantota International Airport Website - http://www.hia.lk/




About HIA

• 1 million passengers per annum
• 45000 Mt of cargo per annum
• 30000 Aircraft Movement per annum
• Ten Parking bays for Aircrafts
• 2000 ha of land allocated for the project
• 800 ha of these will be used in the first stage
• 400 ha of that is set aside for main airport infrastructure

Runway

The Runway (Orientation – 05/23, code F) dimension is 3500m * 60m with 7.5m paved shoulders either side and 260m RESA on both runway ends.
Taxiway

There will be two stub Taxiways: TWY A (Code F) – Dimension: 360 * 60m TWY B (Code C) – Dimension: 362.5m * 25m
Apron

The Apron area will be 73,500m2, consist of 10 aircrafts parking stands (for paring of mix of aircrafts from narrow body to wide body)
Cargo apron: Area 18,800m2 consist of 2 aircrafts stands (Provisional)
Terminal Building

The Terminal building will be of area 12,000m2(apprx) with the capacity to handle 1,000,000 passengers per annum.

• Balance 400 ha is to be allocated for related industries.
• Emphasis on environment conservation.
• 15% of energy requirements to be met from renewable energy sources.
• Air distance between BIA and HIA 90.8 nautical miles. Located South-East to BIA
• Air Traffic Control TowerThe air traffic Control Tower of height 41m will be constructed at the highest elevation of the aerodrome (55m AMSL)
• Airport Fire And Rescue Station (Afrs)The AFRS will be the facilities to cater Category 10 requirements
• Visual AidsAirfield Ground Lighting System will comprise:
  • CAT 1 High Intensity Approach Lighting at RWY 23 end.
  • Simple Approach Lighting System at RWY 05 end.
  • Precision Approach Path Indicators 9PAPI) for RWY 05 AND 23
  • RWY Edge lights, RWYTHR lights, RWY END lights, RWY Centerline Lights, TWY Edge Lights, Apron Edge Lights, Apron Flood Lights ect.
  • Illuminated wind cone, Obstacle Limitation Guidance sings and Pavement Markings
• Navigational & Landing Aids
  • DVOR/DME
  • ILS Cat 1 system for RWY 23 WITH Middle Marker
• Communication & Other Facilities
  • VHF & UHF Communication
  • AMHS
  • DVCSS&AMHS
  • AWOS&RVR

Colombo Airport Pictures

Vielen Dank.

Malaysian Co. in US$ 600mn metro rail project linking BIA with Fort





In order to capitalize on the rapid growth of the tourist industry, a Malaysian company has decided to invest in a Metro Train System, which would connect Colombo Fort with the Bandaranaike International Airport. The project cost is estimated at around US$ 600 million and funds would be raised via an equity issue.

Airport Express Air and Rail Company (AEARC) of Malaysia would invest in the project which would see the distance between the two points being covered in 25 minutes......

BIA not ranked

By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan

One of the busiest and upgraded airports in the Asian region, the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) is not ranked nor is it in the fray for any ranking even with the Airports Council International (ACI) which ranks airports based on safety, security, environment, airport service quality, airport economics, facilitation and technology.

“While the physical infrastructure of BIA has improved vastly, the organization is now showing the ill effects of abuse of power for political and venal purposes, and the creeping recolonization by government mindsets,” said Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, former Sri Lanka Telecommunications regulator.
However, BIA Chairman Prasanna Wickramasuriya said that in 2010, the BIA was ranked 4th in the world for Safety and Regulation by the Interna- tional Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

“We were awarded the fourth place in the world for Safety and Regulations by ICAO. But we did not highlight this rating,” he said adding that the other criteria were not rated. “We are planning to go with the rating and we are working on it. Now we are into improving the quality of the BIA systems.”

Mattala International Airport

Express train from BIA to Colombo from 2016

Read this http://www.nation.lk/edition/todays-...from-2016.html

I came across this site http://www.airportexpress.lk/

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