By STAFF Writer
December 06, 2011
HANOI AIRPORT T2 NEWS - Construction for the second terminal begins today at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport (Vietnam) after work order issued by Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai.
Talking to the media yesterday the Vietnamese Deputy PM said the T2 terminal project is the joint effort of Ministry of Transport, Hanoi city and also Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). He also proposed Civil Aviation Authority and Ministry of Transport to make good collaboration in the management to ensure completion of the terminal in the set time frame.
The terminal will be four-storey with a total floor area of 139,200 sq. mts. It is scheduled to be completed by year 2014 and estimated to receive about 10 million passengers a year. The capacity will be increased to 15 million passengers after 2020.
The current T1 terminal of the Hanoi airport has the capacity to accommodate 5 million travelers a year and since 2007 it has been overloaded. It is presently handling about eleven million travelers a year.
After 2020, new terminals - T3 and T4 - has also been planned at the Noi Bai Airport.
The Vietnam Airlines hopes Hanoi and Ho chi Minh City airports to become the gateways to the Southeast Asian region.
To compete with major aviation hubs in the region like Singapore and Bangkok, the country needs to spend more, said analysts.
Japan is funding 75 billion yen ($961 million) as aid for the T2 terminal construction. The country is also funding for an expressway and bridge link to the terminal.
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