There is a big diorama model of the airport at Katunayake. My father saw it. It was really wonderful. I also heard that the second runway will be built where the SLAF base is there. No.2 Sqdrn. of the Air Force (C130 & An32b) will be brought back to Ratmalana again, since the AF base will be removed prior the construction of the new runway.

Good news !
Do you think they are happy to carry out the work as it's already been planned before?

"Under this development stage, the capacity of BIA which presently stands at 6 Million Passenger Movements per annum will be increased to 15 million. An additional finger pier will be constructed to the west of the existing one. A two tier passenger terminal with arrivals and departures physically separated as found in most modern airports will also be constructed. A rapid exit to the Colombo Katunayake Highway will be provided directly from the terminal. Stage 2 itself is to be implemented in two stages and the first stage is scheduled to be completed by early 2017."



The Phase II Stage 1

To regain its status in the face of stiff competition, the first stage of Phase II of the BIA development plan was launchedin 2003 with assistance from Japan through the Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) programme. This stage brought state of the art facilities of international status to the airport with a finger pier containing gates with boarding bridges and expansions to the terminal. It was the introduction of boarding bridges to Sri Lanka. The other additions were aSecondary Surveillance RADAR System, Terminal Information System and Meteorological Monitoring Systems. At the completion of this stagein 2005 the passenger handling capacity of BIA improved to 6 million movements per year.

In addition to the enhancement to the capacity and operational safety, operational efficiency was also improved on completion of Stage I. The turnaround time for all types of aircraft were improved. The BIA figures conform to industry standards.

The Phase II Stage 2

In 2009, the separatist war ended with the decisive defeat of terrorism and His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa ushered in peace to the island. With the dawn of peace air travel to Sri Lanka surgedupward and the capacity limits of BIA were soon exhausted. The increased tourist arrivals included those from the Far East. Several more airlines commenced operations to BIA. The annual passenger movements through BIA exceeded the designed figure of 6 million in successive years starting from 2011.

Under the second stage of the second phase of the BIA development project that will be launched on 7th September 2014, the capacity is to be increased to 15 million passenger movements per annum. An additional finger pier will be constructed to the west of the existing one.

A two tier passenger terminal with arrivals and departures physically separated as found in most modern airports will also be constructed. A rapid exit to the Colombo Katunayake Highway will be provided directly from the terminal. Stage 2 itself is to be implemented in two stages and the first stage is scheduled to be completed by early 2017.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is providing assistance for this stage with the loan agreement being signed directly with Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd.The continued assistance from Japan is indicative of the strong bilateral relations that exist between Sri Lanka and Japan. Japan has been a major contributor in the national development of Sri Lanka for which the entire nation is grateful. The strong bonds dating back to the period of Japan’s reawakening after the 2nd world war are cherished by both countries. Once the Phase II Stage 2 of BIA development is complete it will stand as a monument of this lasting friendship.

His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa and, Prime Minster of Japan His Excellency Shinzō Abe will jointly launch the project at 1 p.m. on 7th September 2014 thus marking another milestone in Sri Lanka’s journey towards achieving hub status in aviation as envisioned in the Mahinda Chinthana – vision for the future, ushering in the golden era of the Sri Lankan aviation industry.

Katunayake 2 passenger terminal next month begins !

The report was prepared by the start of next month for the new passenger terminal of Bandaranaike International Airport .

And soon will be the activity for the building stone

Colombo Airport Renovation











Source: Scaled Architecture

These renderings are the old ones... The lotus roof terminal is no longer there... which is good so we don't have a constant reminder of MR or his bunch of thugs

Well there is a 350 meter tall reminder which is visible from almost every part of Colombo......hahaha

I thought lotus roof design already been removed by the current SL Gov? Any other changes? Is CMB going to have 24 airbridges as shown in the pictures above?

President opens renovated Batticaloa Airport

Has construction started at BIA yet? The Groundbreaking was supposed to start according to that article.

the main runway of Bandaranaike International Airport will be closed due to renovations and the main runway will be closed from 6 January to 7 April between 8.30 am to 4.30pm

http://www.hirunews.lk/138231/katuna...or-renovations

Sri Lanka’s main international airport begins Stage II improvements by November

KATUNAYAKE -Sri Lanka’s main international airport at Katunayake, the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), will commence work on its second phase with a new lotus roof atop the new terminal and increasing total capacity upto 15 million passengers that is set to break ground by November

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160717/bus...er-201073.html

Why they will close the runways from 8:30am to 4:30pm if they want close the complete Airport according the article by http://www.ceylontoday.lk/article201...30.php?id=1385

the word airport should be replaced with the word runway in this article.

Classic Sri Lankan media covering aviation topics

But they will change the roof of airport building. That make sense to close the airport or part of airports.
For me still unclear. Airport closed for 3 month or only runway closed at day time.

India is carrying out a feasibility study on the Palaly airport to assess its suitability to be utilised as a regional airport.