Colombia: Cartagena de Indias propone un nuevo terminal internacional

San Salvador, ruta que iniciará operaciones el 1 de noviembre y que tendrá cuatro frecuencias semanales; y Orlando, que operará a partir del 10 de noviembre mediante dos vuelos semanales, serán los nuevos trayectos internacionales con los que contará este aeropuerto, los cuales se sumarán a destinos como Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Ciudad de Panamá, Lima, Ámsterdam, New York, Toronto y Montreal.

De acuerdo con María Claudia Gedeón, gerente de asuntos corporativos de SACSA, administrador del Aeropuerto Rafael Núñez de Cartagena, solo en pasajeros internacionales este aeropuerto ha tenido un crecimiento del 46 por ciento.

El terminal aéreo de La Heroica mueve en promedio 440.000 pasajeros al mes, lo que lo convierte en uno de los principales del país. Se ha creado la Asociación Público-Privada (APP) Estructura Plural Aeropuerto de Cartagena, la cual presentó un proyecto de ampliación que hoy se encuentra en etapa de Factibilidad en la Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura (ANi). El proyecto, que estima una inversión privada que supera los 415.000 millones de pesos y con los cuales se logrará, en los primeros dos años, atender una demanda de 7,5 millones de pasajeros por año; es una propuesta integral que contempla la ampliación del edificio terminal de pasajeros, de plataformas de estacionamiento de aeronaves y de la calle de rodaje.

En este sentido, se propone la construcción de un nuevo edificio internacional, un nuevo muelle de embarque paralelo al edificio actual, la remodelación del terminal existente, entre otras obras con las que se busca alcanzar un área terminal de más de 42.000 metros cuadrados, espacio necesario para atender, de manera satisfactoria, la llegada periódica de nuevas rutas y aerolíneas a esta ciudad considerada uno de los principales destinos turísticos de Colombia.

Angola’s President announces launch of international public tenders in New York

The Angolan government will launch new public tenders for the construction of the port of Barra do Dande, north of Luanda, and for the management and operation of the capital’s future airport, João Lourenço announced on Tuesday in New York.

The Angolan President, speaking at the Angola-US Business Forum, said that these two public-private partnership tenders will be conducted using the “Build, Operate and Transfer” system.

In addition to the construction of the port and logistics base of Barra do Dande, “we would like American business people to take an interest in the management and operation of Luanda’s new international airport, its commercial areas, spaces for the construction of industries and logistics and hotel services at the airport,” he said.

Source: Macau Hub

Indonesia: Komodo Airport for private concession

The Transportation Ministry has released a pilot project for its first public-private partnership (PPP) as it offers Komodo Airport in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) for private concession, with the help of other government institutions.The airport is the main hub for the increasingly popular coastal areas of Labuan Bajo, which is included in the government’s 10 “New Bali” destinations.

Source: The Jakarta Post

Note: Komodo Airport (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Komodo)  is an airport near the town of Labuan Bajo on the island of Flores in the East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia. The airport’s name comes from Labuan Bajo’s status as a departure point for tours to the nearby Komodo National Park, home of the Komodo dragon.

It was formerly known as Mutiara II Airpor

Ethiopia: Bole Airport’s New Passenger Terminal Becomes Partially Operational

Ethiopian Airlines announced that the Bole Airport new passenger terminal, which is being constructed at a cost of USD 345 million in the east and west directions of the airport’s existing terminal, had started a partial service provision. The airline is constructing the new terminal as part of an expansion project which is being undertaken to ease congestion at the existing terminal and properly serve the ever increasing passengers. Upon completion, the terminal will have the capacity to accommodate 20 million passengers per year while the existing terminal’s capacity is only 11 million.

According to the airline’s Group CEO Tewelde Gebremariam, 83% of the expansion project is completed. The new terminal is expected to start full operation after three months.

Source: 2Merkato.com

Note: Addis Ababa Bole International Airport based the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is located in the Bole area, 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of the city centre and 65 km (40 mi) north of Debre Zeyit. The airport was formerly known as Haile Selassie I International Airport.