any idea what will be the numbers given to the runway at hambantota airport

Any news on the second runway at BIA?????

Govt. to embark on Stage II of US $ 500 mn BIA expansion project

March 3, 2012, 7:27 pm

The agreement for the BIA expansion project will be signed between Finance Secretary Dr P. B. Jayasundara and JICA officials shortly.Construction is expected to be completed by 2016, Jinadasa Rajapaksa, an Ministry official said.


With the proposed expansion, the BIA passenger handling capacity would be doubled to 12 million per annum. The cargo handling capacity would also be increased to 500,000 metric tons from present capacity of 250,000 metric tons, he noted,


A new split level passenger terminal building which separates arrivals and departures vertically, a new pier with eight boarding gates and 14 passenger boarding bridges with a dedicated gate comprising two passenger boarding bridges for the operations of the new A-380 Airbus, will be included in the proposed new complex, he explained.


There would also be a remote apron and an additional nine parking stands to ease air traffic movements. There would be a tax free apparel shopping mall at the Katunayake BOI Zone to attract more business visitors to Sri Lanka.The tax free shopping mall is to be located adjacent to the arrival terminal and connected by a sky bridge, he said.


The security, administration, fire services buildings and female rest rooms for navigational staff will also be expanded along with the refurbishment of the porches and departure and arrival terminals.

http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_...de_title=46651

Runway 05/23, code F. Runway lengh 3500m x 60m.



No Update Yet. But CMB is not even busy to expect for a second runway. AASL was planning divide the aircraft traffic in three airports:

1. RML for domestic and private jets ;
2. HTT for LCC Flights, Cargo aircraft, MRO and technical stop for A380s (Gulf-Aussie) ;
3. CMB for passenger flights operate by legacy carriers ;

It is important AASL expand the CMB international terminal than investing on second runway. When the pax traffic increase we will see...

HTT is a great idea as a secondary airport and will save tons of fuel for airlines flying in to CMB when designated as the alternate. It is also great for tech stops and MRO, but when it comes to being a gateway to SL in general RML is much better positioned. RML runway could be rehabilitated (perhaps with a minor extension) to handle all commonly used narrow bodies.

So any news on this? When is construction going to begin?

SriLankan to add second hangar
Shirajiv SIRIMANE

SriLankan Airlines would add a second hangar to strengthen their engineering arm by the end of this year.

Cabin Maintenance Manager, SriLankan Airlines Engineering Department, D. P. Tilakaratne said that this would be situated near the ‘line maintenance’ office which would enable the free movement of aircraft without disturbing overall flight movements at the airport.

He said that one of the main reasons to go in for a second hangar is the high demand SriLankan Engineering is getting from third party airlines. “Our clean unblemished track record is of very high esteem and many airlines in the region including India and Pakistan send their aircraft for servicing, obtaining checks, painting and for other maintenance work.We have already carried out over 70 third party airline ‘checks which include 56 orders from Indio in India,” he said.

He added that the current hangar could house three aircraft while the new hangar could accommodate two more. “This hangar would generate additional income to the airline,” he said

http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/08/06/bus04.asp

Any news on the second runway at BIA?????

One point of interest about the picture above, the taxiway parallel to the current runway used to be original runway. The current active is the "new" runway built sometime in the late 80s or early 90s.