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Rs 60 billion for TIA Expansion

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Rs 60 billion for TIA Expansion
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December 18: The long-awaited expansion of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will start sometime in 2016, said TIA General Manager Dewanand Upadhya. A French consultancy firm is working on the design of the project which is backed by a Rs 60 billion loan and grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The increasing pressure from the rising number of travellers and the current space limitations at the airport have had an impact on passenger convenience, said Upadhya, admitting that though the number of passengers has more than doubled over the years, the services, facilities and airport security has remained the same.

The current TIA building was constructed in 2002 to handle around 1400 passengers at peak hours. A project to expand the airport in 2010 to handle the increase in passenger volume –up to 2460 passenger at peak hours- is still underway and has been extended till 2018 owing to different reasons.

Started as a long-term upgradation programme, the new expansion project aims to enable the airport to serve 3600 passenger at peak hours, according to Upadhya. He said the new airport building is going to be built to the north of the current building. The expanded airport will be spread across 90,000 sq meters and will have parking space for 20 international airplanes and 42 domestic planes.

Six boarding bridges will also be constructed and modern pipelines will be used to fuel airplanes. After the expansion, the airport will be extended to Gaushala in the north and Koteshowr in the south. The current international terminal will be transformed into the domestic terminal after the new airport is built by 2028, said Upadhya.     

 

 

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