BIA expansion project phase II to be declared open tomorrow

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The second phase of the expansion of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayaka will be officially declared open tomorrow (25 November).

The completion of the project will increase the airport’s annual handling capacity to 15 million passengers from the current 6 million.

The second phase expansion was carried out with Rs. 6.1 billion funding via a joint venture between Japan and Sri Lanka. The total cost of the entire project exceeds Rs. 100 billion.

The expansion effort will increase the capacity of the parking yard to 49, whereas the courtyard under package B will be expanded to 479,000 square metres.

Furthermore, the completion of the project will see the number of check-in counters increase to 149, while the immigration windows will be increased to 83 from the current 27. The airbase entrance too will increase, from four to 10.

The BIA expansion project was launched in 2014 under the leadership of then President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe.

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Brit Wednesday, 24 November 2021 12:18 PM

It looks like your government has enough money in the pocket. So why all these Western nonprofit organisations like Unicef, Safe the Children, Red Cross, Covax etc. Not to mention the billions Sri Lanka receives without conditions from EU and USA.

European Wednesday, 24 November 2021 12:50 PM

All paid by taxpaying European citizens and virtuous.

pradeep Wednesday, 24 November 2021 12:21 PM

It was commenced some time back, and piling works are going-on

vince Wednesday, 24 November 2021 01:33 PM

Will a Rajapakse have his/her name on a stone here then. Why can they not get a citizen from the community to open these? Too many politicians want their names on a plaque. Makes me laugh when I see them everywhere.Vanity, that is what it is.

Japan Sri Lanka friendship Wednesday, 24 November 2021 02:20 PM

Thank you Japan. The wasted in Mattala to make Sri Lanka a Chinese colony should have been spent to expand the BIA. Japan has always been a true friend of Sri Lanka.

saliya Wednesday, 24 November 2021 02:43 PM

just to mislead the public in to thinking great things are happening. Piling has been going on since last November and MR declared the project open his birthday last year

Sambo Thursday, 25 November 2021 08:17 AM

Christmas seems to be merry for a few.

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