Mes: febrero 2019

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R7-billion upgrade plans for Cape Town airport

James Vos, Mayoral Committee Member For Economic Opportunities and Asset Management, delivered a speech at the FEDHASA Networking Event outlining some of the plans ahead for Cape Town, including a R7-billion airport upgrade over the next five years and a Draft Tourism Development Framework that will soon be up for public comment.

Vos discussed the Air Access initiative which the City is providing funding for in partnering with Wesgro. Since 2015, this initiative has contributed to landing 13 new routes and 18 route expansions, doubling the international seat capacity to 1.5-million, and growing international passenger numbers by 20% in 2017.

Vos also mentioned plans to further the upgrades made at the Cape Town International Airport, stating there is no better time for an upgrade. Several key infrastructural projects are planned for the next five years, including a new realigned runway, refurbishment of the Domestic Arrivals Terminal and expansion of the International Terminal.

The runway alone accounts for R3.93-billion of the budget investment. In its current position, the runway is too close to the Terminal building, and once realigned will allow for future terminal expansion as well as increase the the number of aircraft landings per hour and departures from 30 to 45 aircraft movements.

The airport will also be able to handle the New Generation Large aircrafts such as the Boeing 747-800 or A380, but the runway is not being built specifically for this aircraft.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s roll-out plans for e-Visas were also mentioned in Vos’ speech, which he said will make it easier for visitors to apply for South African visas and visit our city and bring more tourism opportunities.

Source: Cape (Town) etc..

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Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport: expansion project

A $27 million terminal expansion to the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport was approved last week with construction planned to kick off in late March.

The Gallatin Airport Authority Board approved the project.

According to a press release, the project will add approximately 70,000 square feet to the concourse, provide four additional gates, a third food and beverage location inside security, additional retail options and include space for future expanded outbound baggage handling.

The project stems from a decision made 10 years ago when the Gallatin Airport Authority approved a terminal expansion that was built to accommodate 1.5 million passengers each year.  BZN expects to meet the 1.5 million passenger threshold in 2019.

Source: KTVQ

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Plans and Expectations for Croatian Airports 2019: Zagreb

Let us start by pointing out that Franjo Tudjman airport continues to record an increase in the number of passengers, a total of 3% in the last five years. In the same period, there are 15 new airline companies in Zagreb, and intense negations with many carriers to open new destinations, but for the sake of confidentiality, we are unable to provide more information at this time. 

According to announcements for the 2019 summer flight schedule, some airline companies in Zagreb will use larger aircraft, offering more seats, and some companies have increased the frequency of flights coming to Zagreb or have extended the season. An overview of the increase below:

1. Air Transat (Toronto) – another weekly flight added

2. Iberia (Madrid) – capacity increase

3. Vueling (Barcelona) – capacity increase

4. Aegean Airlines (Athens) – another weekly flight added

5. Air Serbia (Belgrade) – another weekly flight added

6. LOT (Warsaw) – capacity increase

7. Eurowings (Dusseldorf) – capacity increase

8. Croatia Airlines (Dublin) – another weekly flight added

9. Croatia Airlines – seasonal lines beginning 15 days earlier 

Following the record number of passengers in 2017 and 2018, we continue to grow in 2019, and we expect to continue this trend by the end of the year, with an increase of about 5% in passenger traffic and 3% in operations. 

As far as planned investments are concerned, it should be noted that Zagreb airport continuously prepares for each season with various projects to further modernize operational processes and capacity expansion, following the planned annual activities. For example, in the spring of last year, we started the process of increasing the luggage sorting tracks and the installation of an additional fourth luggage track on the ground floor of the passenger terminal, which is scheduled to open in March this year. We are working on constructing a parking lot for airport equipment, with a total area of 6,000 square meters, preparations are complete for a satellite firefighting position near the east apron, and developments are underway for additional passenger counters on the second floor of the terminal. 

In 2017, preparatory works for the entry of Croatia into Schengen were made according to the request of the Ministry of Interior and a study was prepared for adapting the passenger terminal to the new processes. 

The financial results will be published in the consolidated annual report. What we can point out is that Zagreb airport has paid nearly 200 million kuna in concessions to the state budget over the past six years and its contractual obligations were executed neatly. The final report will be in line with the expectations and plans for growth and successful business. With the increase in traffic that we continuously record, we have also increased the number of employees, so in 2018, we brought in 48 new employees, bringing the total number to 820. 

For the sake of completeness, we would like to point out that passengers recognize the efficiency of all airport services, as shown in the survey results of the ACI ASQ, which the airport conducts quarterly. According to the research conducted in 2018, Zagreb airport was declared the best in the group of European airports ranging from 2 to 5 million passengers in 10 categories.

Source: Croatia Total News