News Thailand’s Chiang Mai airport to double capacity Chiang Mai Airport in northern Thailand is planning to increase its capacity from 8 million to 16.5 million visitors a year, reports the National News Bureau.
News Vietnam chooses contractors for $16bn Long Thanh Airport The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has chosen the Vietur consortium led by Turkish contractor IC Içtas to build the $1.5bn terminal for Long Thanh International Airport, website VNExpress reports. …
News Turner starts Albany airport expansion Turner Construction has begun the long-awaited, $100m expansion of New York’s Albany International Airport. Designed by architect Gensler and engineer CHA, the project aims to increase passenger-handling capacity and eliminate…
News Construction paused at Vancouver airport after Musqueam artefacts discovered Construction work at Vancouver International Airport has been paused after the discovery of artefacts belonging to the Musqueam first nations group. The pieces are reported by Global News Canada as…
News Toulouse development revives 1920s aviation heydey Dutch architect KCAP and France’s V2S Architectes have won an international design competition for a mixed-use complex in the new ZAC Aerospace neighbourhood on the edge of Toulouse. A 25m-wide…
News Atkins, IATA create carbon-measuring tools for airports Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has teamed up with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to create digital tools for airports to estimate the embodied carbon in new…
News Stealthy night moves raise the roof at Portland airport The high-profile expansion of Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon has won fame for its vast, wavy roof made largely from Douglas fir from local forests. The project will nearly…
News CPB to expand Brisbane airport’s international terminal Cimic Group subsidiary CPB Contractors has won a contract from Brisbane Airport Corporation to plan, then deliver, the expansion and upgrading of security, retail, and administrative facilities at the airport’s…
News Skanska joint venture to build JFK transportation centre A joint venture between Skanska and New York-based civil engineer Halmar International has signed an $868m contract to build a transport hub at JFK International Airport in New York. The…
News Work begins on rail link between Tokyo Station and Haneda airport Construction has begun on a rail service between Tokyo Station and Haneda International Airport with connections to the city’s Utsunomiya, Takasaki and Joban Lines. A press release from the East…
News Hanoi mulls construction of second airport Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport is considering plans to build a second airport in Hanoi to accommodate an expected increase in population from 5 million to between 21 and 23 million…
News Consultancy contract awarded for Bahrain’s $10bn international airport Bahrain’s Transport Ministry has chosen Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO) to help it plan and implement a $10bn greenfield project to replace Bahrain International Airport, the island’s Daily Tribune reports. The…
News Copenhagen Airport plans biggest-ever expansion Copenhagen Airport will spend €670m remodelling Terminal 3, its busiest. The largest expansion ever at the airport is intended to improve the flow of travellers by adding 60,000 sq m…
News Haptic and Oslo Works design “ocean campus” for old Oslo airport UK-based Haptic Architects and Norway’s Oslo Works have joined forces to plan an ocean-themed attraction in the municipality of Baerum on the outskirts of Oslo. The 45,000-sq-m “Fornebu Brygge” development…
News Tutor Perini lands $222m airport role in the South Pacific Black Construction Corporation, the Guam-based subsidiary of American contractor Tutor Perini, has been chosen to carry out $222m of construction work at Tinian International Airport in the Northern Mariana Islands.…
News Angkor Wat’s new airport to be finished in May Contractors will finish Cambodia’s New Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport next month and it will be officially opened in October, the Khmer Times reports. Zou Yuhui, chairman of Yunnan Air Investment…
News Two workers have been killed while working in a trench at JFK Two construction workers have died after becoming trapped under rubble at JFK International Airport in New York. According to New York and New Jersey Port Authority, the two were “relocating…
News Balfour Beatty JV wins $650m contract to expand North Carolina airport A joint venture between UK company Balfour Beatty and local minority-owned contractor Metcon will undertake a $650m expansion programme at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in North Carolina. The team will…