Cam Ranh International Terminal JSC on September 8 held ground-breaking ceremony of the international terminal at Cam Ranh International Airport.
Cam Ranh International Terminal JSC on September 8 held ground-breaking ceremony of the international terminal at Cam Ranh International Airport. Attending the ceremony were Le Thanh Quang – the Central Party Committee Member and Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee Secretary, Le Duc Vinh – Deputy Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee Secretary and Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee Chairman, Nguyen Nhat – Deputy Minister of Transport, Major-general Hoang Viet Quang – Deputy director of the Department of Operations under General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army.
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| Ground breaking ceremony |
Passenger number rises by 50% - 60% annually
At the ceremony, Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee Tran Son Hai said in his speech that the current terminal of Cam Ranh International Airport has a capacity of 2.5 million passengers/year. Meanwhile, the passengers via the airport have risen sharply by 50% - 60%/year in recent years. For example, the number of passengers via the airport in 2015 was 2.7 million. The figure was 3.4 million in August, 2016, including 1.5 million foreigners. It’s forecast that the figure of the whole year will be 4.5 million. The current terminal has been overloaded. As a result, building an international terminal for Cam Ranh International Airport is necessary and urgent.
The project is invested by Cam Ranh International Terminal JSC, executed by CPG Consultants Pte Ltd, PAE Co., Ltd. and the Airport Design and Construction Consultancy Company (ADCC).
The new terminal is expected to change the face of Cam Ranh International Airport, improve quality of aviation services, and contribute into the socioeconomic development and tourism of the Southern Central region in general and Khanh Hoa Province in specific.
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| A perspective view of new international terminal. |
New terminal with international standards
The international terminal will cover 51,300 sq.m., including many functional areas with many services. The first stage is expected to be completed by 2018, enabling the terminal to greet 2.5 million passengers annually. The number of passengers is expected to hit four million in the second phase and eight million at the end of the third phase in 2030.
The project will feature a capacity of 8 million passengers a year after three phases. The first phase is planned to enable the terminal to greet 2.5 million passengers a year till 2020 and 4 million passengers a year later. The second phase (after 2030) will put up the capacity to 8 million passengers a year.
The architecture of the terminal is inspired from salanganes’ nest, a feature of Khanh Hoa Province.
At the ground breaking ceremony, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat suggested investors pouring capital into the project rightly and timely as committed to ensure its progress, ensuring good quality and progress for the work as well as keeping traffic safety and environmental hygiene. The Minister of Transport staff will follow the project closely to solve problems in time. Khanh Hoa Provincial will support the investor to develop the project.
Cam Van
Translated by T.T
