BIA expansion master plan



The remaining Phase II works are underway, and include

- the construction of a second pier with two-levels of airbridges for arriving and departing passengers
- a 104,000m² passenger terminal building.

The terminal is scheduled to begin construction in 2011 and is expected to be completed by 2016. In 2012, work is expected to begin on a second runway at Bandaranaike International Airport to support the Airbus A380.

In addition, a multistorey car park, a 50-room transit hotel and a remote aircraft apron area are a part of the Phase II works. After the expansion, BIA's capacity is expected to double to 12 million passengers a year.

Runway

The Bandaranaike international airport has a single runway (04/22) with asphalt surface. The take-off and landing distances of the runway are 3,441m and 3,350m respectively. The overall length of the runway is 91m. There is a plan to construct a second runway to support the Airbus A380. The construction is expected to begin in 2012.

mrpanini, is this main terminal from 2016??

What do you think of building second runway like below? Share your opinions guys?

OMG! Hell no Banu! I'll lose my Home :O And there is a Railway station just ahead of the runway though!

All I know for sure (from a pilots point of curiosity) is that the ILS on RWY22 has been removed! Now pilots have to do only VOR apps for 22. Im not sure whether they will take it (its kinda old) to MAT. Little by little the dismantling will take place I suppoz?.. Not sure of the plans ..will post when I get some info..

Chairman AASL is trying to move the SLAF to one side of RML and have Civil Aviation on the BATA side. The speed of this entire process is a loooooong wait and see The SLAF is there to stay..they aint going nowhere! Thus it will be like KAT..shared aerodrome.

LOL you better start looking for a new home soon haha! Na only kidding!

@Banu: Nice photoshop! I reckon it looks good but wouldnt the runways have to be further apart for safety reasons? They could even still maintain the SLAF base between the two runways if this ever goes ahead. IMHO they will probably expand Mattala more since there is more room there. They really shouldve thought of the future and rebuilt CMB in another location at once with more room to expand.

Most airport runways, unless they have space, are put at different angles simply based on the wind patterns .. of course, with both parallel, you can safely operate - one for take off and one for landings ...

Like Changi ..

Or take off on both / land on both like LAX

Of course, there are some airports, where the second runway is like two kilometer away, and a looooong taxi back to the terminal .. saves the trouble if one runway is blocked or unserviceable ..

Yes it is.

For Lanka’s speed train project beginning in Sept.:

Investors raise US$ 650m



Shirajiv SIRIMANE

The construction of the much awaited and long due Express train link from Fort to Colombo International Airport and other related development work for the project will commence by end of 2012.

The feasibility study of the project conducted by the KPMG of India has now being completed and the investor consortium had also managed to raise US $ 650 million for the project also under lining the global investor confidence for a novel project of this nature for Sri Lanka. Chairman, Airport Express Air and Rail Company Limited, Dr. Praimmalan Rajo Isa Michael said that they have found investors as well as suppliers for the project.

Dr. Praimmalan Michael. Picture Sumanachandra Ariyawansa

He said that it was easy to market this project, as the would be international investors are following the massive post war development in Sri Lanka and are confident that this project would be a success.” He said that this has prompted the company to look at similar express train projects in other SAARC countries which do not have a ‘speed train’ link of this nature.

He said that this is a viable investment since it is backed by hotels, shopping malls and other entertainment projects. The proposed Lotus station in the Fort would be a first in the SAARC region, providing all entertainment facilities, attracting a transit passenger to visit to Fort and enjoy these luxuries before catching the flight.

The Lotus Terminal site will comprise an architecturally modern and versatile 32-storey tower, which would function as a city centre for the local or foreign business person, who would be spending a few days in the capital city. Dr. Michael said, the next they would take is the proposal for the Board of Investment approval and construction would start by next September.

“We hope to complete the project in less than three years,” he said. The track would be constructed parallel to the main Expressway along the 30-metre reservation area, a distance of 30 kilometers, the journey would take less than 20 minutes. The train would have special seating with adequate space to store luggage. It would also have special seating for disabled passengers.

I was under the impression that Malaysian Company going to do this project with USD $ 600 Mn but now this news say the project conducted by KPMG of India for USD $ 650 Mn.

Does anyone of you know more about this project? Are they also going to get a new Train-sets for this express service? Just curious!

This is another joke bro.Forget it.

GOSL is not in a position to run the normal Train Service in Srilanka.How they are gonna do something like this?

LOL I think it would be run by a private company, so the government would have no involvement with it. But yeh, I doubt it would be built. The images on their website are directly from the California HSR website. If you have committed $650m towards a project, you normally would have done a proper detailed design on the project.

They do have a project website : http://www.airportexpress.lk/ . It appears to be that this express service to be operated by the private firm.

What is very wierd is that .. during the previous attempt at Airport Express, they were run like - twice a day or so ?

If your flight is at 1 pm, the morning train is at 8 AM and then evening at 5 PM, pray, what would you do ?

Go at 8 Am and wait it out ?

Shouldn't they be doing shuttles ? hourly or half hourly ?

Maybe the bus-train concept with lesser seats may be a better choice