Tuzla Airport to open new look terminal next month
Tuzla Airport will open its much-awaited and delayed expanded terminal building this May. All construction work on the facility, worth over three million euros, has now been completed. The new structure is joined with the existing terminal, forming a single functioning unit. "We are currently undertaking interior work inside the terminal. I hope it will be completed in April so we can officially open the building at the end of the month or in early May", the airport's General Manager, Rifet Karasalihović, said. He added, "Our intention was for the terminal to have the ability to handle two Airbus A320 aircraft at the same time, and this has now been achieved. It is true that the arrivals hall remains small. Therefore, after completing this project, we will look into building another gate to improve passenger flow".
The airport's terminal has now been expanded from 2.971 square metres to 4.915 square metres. The added capacity will enable it to handle 800 passengers per hour, up from 400. The reconstruction and expansion of the passenger terminal has increased its capacity to 700.000 travellers per year. The facility will now have the ability to handle 400 departing passengers and a further 400 on arrival at the same time. "Within the next five to six years this capacity will become insufficient. I am certain the building will be expanded in the future to cater for increased demand", Mr Karasalihović said. Tuzla Airport anticipates handling up to 624.000 passengers in 2019.
Tuzla Airport's next project will involve the construction of an atrium spreading over 900 square metres, which will house rent-a-car offices, shops and tour operators. A sewage network with a wastewater treatment plant will also be built. Tuzla Airport recently commenced talks with low cost carrier Wizz Air over a new four-year agreement which would see the airline serve Bosnia and Herzegovina's third largest city until at least 2023. The existing four-year deal will expire in November. Wizz Air's CEO, Jozsef Varadi, recently said, "I think it is in the interest of Tuzla and the region to see our continuous operations and them improving their infrastructure. I'm pretty sure Tuzla Airport will be business-minded in that regard".
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