NEWSLETTER

Civil aviation authority of Nepal

January 2013 Issue no. 02

Minister Post BahadurBogati and Secretary SushilGhimire attended

Minister lays foundation of annex domestic terminal

front of the existing domestic terminal, presently used as domestic baggage delivery area. Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Mr. SushilGhimire appreciated the disable - friendly feature of the new annex building and wished for its timely construction. Director General of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal Mr. Tri Ratna Manandhar highlighted the importance of the annex terminal to ease the crowd in the existing terminal building especially in sterile area during flight delays and to cope with the high growth in domestic air traffic. He said that investment in infrastructure will never be wasted. So, the Authority is investing in black topping ten domestic airports this year from its own internal resources and a modern car park in front of the international terminal building at Kathmandu has been initiated, he said.

Mr. Tri Ratna Manandhar, DG CAAN General Manager of TIA, CAAN Mr. Ratish Chandra Lal Suman welcomed the guests to the function and narrated the fast growth of domestic traffic at TIA, thus making the terminal facility renovated in 1995 insufficient. Domestic passenger movement has increased from 1 million in 2001 to 1.5 million in 2010 and is approaching 2 million by the year 2013. Similarly, domestic flight movement at TIA has increased from 63,159 in 2001 to 99,290 in 2010. Cargo handling is constrained by space in the present terminal, he said.

Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Mr. Post BahadurBogati laid the foundation stone of the Annex Domestic Terminal Building at TIA (Tribhuvan International Airport), Kathmandu at an auspicious morning hour of January 18, 2013 amidst a colorful gathering of the different stakeholders of the terminal building. The Annex will be located in

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 2 Details of Annex to Domestic Terminal building at TIA 3 Brief on Capacity Development Project of CAAN

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The new Annex building designed by Pumori Engineer ing will have a me ezzanine floor c covering 571 sq meters q. are for airline off ea fices, restauran and nts res rooms. The e st estimated cost of Rs.109 million for this con nstruction will be funded b from CAANs inte m ernal resources and the s add capacity w cater to the traffic ded will gro owth expected until 2028 AD. A jo venture of GauriParvatioint Chakreswori- Sun naulaKhimti contractors are targeting to co e omplete the co onstruction of t Annex build within one year. the ding e Do omestic Term minal Bldg cap pacity

completion o this project so that the of domestic pas ssengers will e enjoy the much needed facilities. Chief of Civill Engineering D Division, TIA Mr. Ananta K Kumar Devkota who will a, supervise the construction, expressed e his heartfelt t thanks and gra atitiude to all those who su upported in ide entifying the need of this project to this s stage of tone laying cer remony, foundation st which so hap satisfies the interest ppily of so many s stakeholders of the airport. f A recent fore ecast by Consu ultants of domestic pas ssenger traffic in TIA indicates the potential of 3 million e passengers in 2022 and 4 million by 31. the year 203 New N Annex B F Building
Departure + Arriv Halls D val 2,163 Sq. m + 90 Sq.m 2 00 1,113 Sq.m + 11 Arrival 1 15 134 1 Sq. m 3,220 Sq. m + 10 Sq. m. 3 315 3 Sq. m. + 64 Sq. m. 39.5 3 Sq. m 58 5 Sq. m. + 69 S m Sq. 60 Sq. m 0

Public - Private Partnership

Minister Bo ogati referred to the WTO o forecast of 30% growth in tourism by n the year 20 and about 30% of it to 020 travel by air. As the air tra is affic developing fast, airports n need to be improved, a he thanked for initiating and d improveme at TIA dom ents mestic terminal. He also indicate that the ed governmen is trying to fin ways of nt nd managing d domestic flight in Kathmandu for an unobst u tructed growth of in nternational flig and ght passenger movements. The govern nment is seriou usly considering public- private partnership g e for the deve elopment of se econd internationa airport (SIA) in Nepal. He al said that an policy reform that can be ny m done by ca abinet level will be taken up speedily for further growth of tourism. h

Exis sting

Tota Floor Area of building al Fac cilities: Check-in Hall Office Are ea Concessio Area on Pavilion Cargo Are ea Toilet and Rest room d Baggage claim area

4,540 Sq. m 0 1,390 Sq. m 0

Pre esident of Airlin Operators Association ne A Nepal Capt. Ram meswor Thapa and a ember of CAAN Board Mr. Jyo Adhikari N oti Me also expressed th views and wished for heir

Flight connections to over 2 domestic 20 ctlyfrom Kathm mandu form airports direc the major ba ackbone for the e development of tourism in N t Nepal.

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