Air Force Base to be Established at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport
By Editor - July 16, 2020 228 0


The Government has decided to set aside 200 acres to set up an Air Force base at the Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport.

One of the main objectives of establishing the Air Force Base is to provide security to the airport and to provide accommodation to the Maritime Search and Rescue Squadron to carry out search and rescue operations within the Flight Information Zone.

The proposal was approved by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at a Cabinet meeting held yesterday (15).

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AASL gears up to start the ?BIA Terminal 2 Project?

A meeting was held on 13th July 2020 at the AASL Board Room with the participation of Major General (Rtd) G. A. Chandrasiri, Chairman AASL, Mr. A. Warushahennadige, Director AASL, Japan?s Taisei Corporation representatives, JAC representatives and Heads of the Divisions of AASL to confer the commencement plans of the project construction.

The officials discussed the matters related to workforce mobilization plans, foreign staff facilitation, and staffing of the Project Management Unit (PMU) at the meeting. Further, the officials discussed the passenger traffic arrangements to be implemented after the commencement of construction work.

Bandaranaike International Airport Reopening Pushed Back to September

BIA Terminal 02 construction to begin in September; TAISEI Corporation is contractor for Project

September 2020 and it is expected to be completed within 3 years.

Under the project, a new multi-level terminal building, two new piers and a link course will be built. The ?Package A? consists of construction of new multilevel terminal building (Terminal 2) with an approximate floor area of 180,000 m2, where arrivals and departures are separated vertically, Pier no.2 and Pier no.3 with a link concourse, new parking apron and taxiways, elevated access roads, multi-story car park and public utilities. TAISEI Corporation, Japan, is the contractor for this project.

Stakeholder Awareness Program on the BIA Terminal 2 Project

Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited organized an awareness program to educate the key stakeholders on the BIA Terminal 2 construction project on 31st July 2020.

Sri Lanka to complete second terminal at Colombo Airport by 2023




Sri Lanka plans to complete the second terminal at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo before the end of 2023.

Construction work began in 2014 and the project was scheduled to be completed in 2017.

However, several components in the existing plan did not fit the requirements. As a result, construction did not proceed on schedule, causing a delay, Xinhua reported quoting local experts.

In an official meeting recently, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ordered officials to accelerate the construction work programme and complete the terminal in the next three years.

Economic Revival and Poverty Alleviation Presidential Task Force chairman Basil Rajapaksa was quoted by the publication as saying that the second terminal will be developed as a smart terminal with the technological facilities to meet the necessary requirements.

The new terminal will enable the airport to handle more than 15 million passengers per year.

It will also enable the airport to handle arrival and departure operations at separate terminals.

Bandaranaike International Airport, also known as Colombo International Airport, is located in the town of Katunayake to the north of Colombo.

Administered by Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka), it acts as a hub for Sri Lankan Airlines and serves several international airlines.

The construction of the airport began in 1964 and was completed in 1967. It is the first international airport in Sri Lanka.

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What's the progress on the new Terminal at BIA?

I went through BIA on Sep 30th 2020 but didn't see any activity whatsoever. It was announced earlier that construction would commence in September. I hope that too has not been shelved like the LRT in favour of a Chinese funded project.

Construction started for this terminal or not...? How much budget is alloted for this project...? When it will be completed and when it will be ready to use...? Already due to corona situation, the present old terminal is only filled with air. Is this terminal is possible now...?

The Board of Investment (BOI) has approved the start of a comprehensive feasibility study for deployment of an electrified high-speed rail project from the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) to the Colombo Port City, and from Katunayake to Mattala International Airport.



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What Sri Lanka need is a quality Railway Track through out the country. Instead of doing electrified high spead rail, the Gov can do quality railway track from Katunayake airport to Port city and Mattala airport. S12 train set can be used on these lines.

BOI - CRH train will install its all about China and Chinese Srilankan’s nothing to worry la

I wonder why Sri Lanka still doesn't have commuter train from Colombo Airport to places like Badulla, Kandy and Hikkaduwa? It would've been so convenient for the passengers to reach the airport without stuck in the traffic.

BIA’s Terminal 2 to begin construction on 30 November despite Covid 19


October 25, 2020 by Charindra 0 Comments

After running into numerous obstacles that delayed the implementation of the project for years, construction of Terminal 2 at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) is finally set to be launched on 30 November this year.



Speaking to The Sunday Morning Business, Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd. (AASL) Chairman Maj. Gen. (Retd.) G.A. Chandrasiri noted that despite any obstacles they may face on the way, construction of the terminal will be launched on the scheduled date.

“We are having discussions back to back and we are getting ready to launch as planned. At the moment, we are doing some preliminary work such as soil testing,” Chandrasiri added.

He added that Terminal 2 will be completed in three years. Meaning by November 2023, the BIA would be able to handle a combined passenger capacity of 15 million.

The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) is the concessionary loan provider for the new terminal at BIA. The loan agreement of Rs. 56 billion was signed over four years ago on 24 March 2016. The continued involvement of JICA in this project is interesting, as the Sri Lankan Government recently withdrew from the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project which was to be funded by JICA, leading to damaged relations between Sri Lanka and long-term ally Japan, according to certain observers.

After years of delays driven by tender-related issues, the project was finally set to launch at end-August and was expected to be completed by August 2023 as a measure to mitigate passenger congestion issues.

However, in early August, the construction was postponed to early September due to complications in importing workers from Japan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, and various other countries amidst Covid-19.

Maj. Gen. Chandrasiri confirmed that changes were not made to the original design of Terminal 2 or to the earlier decision to award the tender to Taisei Corporation, a Japanese construction company. AASL signed the contract agreement with Taisei on 12 March.

Accordingly, the new terminal will be built at a cost of $ 800 million and is expected to handle a passenger capacity of nine million as initially planned while the existing terminal handles about six million passengers annually.

The new terminal building would feature the addition of 96 check-in counters, eight baggage claim belts, seven baggage makeup carousels, 16 contact boarding gates with 28 passenger boarding bridges, and six bus gates. The scope also includes a capacity enhancement of the incinerator, water treatment plant, and sewerage treatment plant.

The BIA has been in dire need of another terminal for years now. It had more than 170 aircraft movements per day, including an average of more than 60 movements of heavy aircraft per day in 2018. The existing six million-passenger terminal handled 10 million passengers in 2018, resulting in hours of delays, particularly as passengers were trying to collect their baggage.

According to the annual reports of AASL, the airport experienced heavy congestion in the arrival and departure zones, as well as vehicular traffic, particularly during peak hours; all while passenger arrivals grew 5-6% Year-on-Year (YoY).

Feasibility study spend another couple of Millions of Rupees.......Mannar oil field done loads of studies for years spending......keep it up upcoming Small Wonder of Asia