PHOTOS: Sarajevo Airport terminal construction advances
The construction of Sarajevo Airport’s new terminal building (pictured below) is advancing with work scheduled for completion this autumn and its opening planned for November or December of this year. The new facility, which will spread over 10.000 square metres, will feature twelve check-in desks, five gates and one air bridge. It will be linked to the existing terminal to form a single functioning unit with the capacity to handle two million passengers per year. “Sarajevo Airport will remain a small airport, but it will gain a lot in terms of passenger comfort at arrivals and departures, which is the essence of small airports - to get in and out of them quickly”, the operator said. Furthermore, Sarajevo Airport will purchase a total of three new air bridges for its terminal, two of which will replace existing ones while the third will be mounted on the expanded part of the facility. The total value of the three bridges is estimated at 2.7 million euros.
The construction of a stand-alone 300 square metre VIP terminal building (pictured below) is nearing completion. Furthermore, a new business and administrative building, which will house staff office space, will also be erected. These two projects are valued at 3.8 million euros. In addition, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Navigation Services Agency has announced plans to overhaul Sarajevo Airport’s control tower. The structure will be modernised in line with the airport’s expanded terminal building. The head of the Agency noted the tower would be revamped in cooperation with Sarajevo Airport.
Sarajevo Airport will also undertake airside work as part of its three-year modernisation project. This includes the expansion of the main apron and the overhaul of the runway and taxiways. Italy’s Tecno Engineering 2C (TE2C) will draft the project, which has been described as "extremely challenging” and is valued at 10.2 million euros. The work will cover an area of 216.000 square metres. TE2C has extensive experience in airport construction and carried out work at Mostar Airport in 2014. It has partnered up with the Mostar-based Ecoplan and Integram companies for the Sarajevo Airport project. Sarajevo's runway was last upgraded in 1998.
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