Así to beá the expansionóterminal no. of the Quito airport that is foreseené inaugurate in December 2020 as part of the Terminal Improvement Master Plan.
As part of the improvement and expansion workón that are part of the so-called Master Plan until the 2020, días atrás inauguratesó the start of work on the anticipated expansionóterminal no..
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With jobs to oweán last approximately 12 months and what to generateán más de 3.200 direct and indirect jobs with an investmentón of $60 millions of dólares by the concessionaire Quiport S.A., the Airport of the capital of Ecuador growá in at least 17 thousand square meters.
Expansionón
The general works that began afterés of having the respective permits from the different municipal control institutions and that entailsó work of thousands of man hours for the reviewón and approvalón of más de 1.500 plans, to allowán the airport adapt to favorable projections of increase and meet the current demand for passengers and arrivals of new aerosolídenies.
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Among the improvement works to be carried outáWe can highlight the following points:
- A new upper boarding gate and passenger disembarkation, which has the projectionón to be a double sleeve for later implementationón, what to allowá serve two planes at the same time or a single planeón with double connectionón.
- A new growth departure lounge to the north.
- Growth of the current departure lounges in the international zone.
- Expansionón towards the north of the International VIP room.
- Remodelingón and reconfigurationón del hall púexit chart.
- Reconfigurationón of the check counters to go from island type to a configurationón lineal.
- Remodelingón of luggage straps.
- Growth of the customs and immigration areaón.
- Spaghettién be carried oután other complementary works of improvements and adaptationón of the áreas.
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A más of the expansionón of the Quito Airport terminal, work is currently underway on the expansionón taxiway Bravo we connectá so más ráask and direct the planes to operate from the loading apron to the runway at the south end of the Airport.
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It would be good if the expansion contemplated a correct design of Protection Relays and a good SwitchGear (with good components) for the electrical part. Not like the original AeconAG design.
Tremendous work to increase only ONE departure lounge with a double sleeve???
Southbound can no longer increase flights due to poor initial airport planning, since there are the catering buildings.
Responds to current growth prospects. Likewise during the 2020 the master plan will be updated where the next construction works will be reviewed for the following 5 years.