Temporary terminal building to be set up at BIA
Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva addressing the event
In a bid to expand the Katunayake International Airport to meet the increased number of passenger traffic steps will be taken to construct a terminal building on a temporary basis. This will be done within six months, said Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva.
While the existing airlines flying to Colombo have added frequency, new airlines have added Colombo to their radar. With the winter season coming and Sri Lanka averaging over 125, 000 arrivals per month the airport needed to be expanded.
“This is why we are building a temporary terminal building as the original building on the pipeline would take time to be opened.”
A state-of-the-art passenger terminal building on par with global requirements was planned and is expected to be opened in late 2024. He said this while participating as the chief guest in a conference held at Katunayake Airport on Tuesday on how to contribute to the research process of this sector to take Sri Lanka’s aviation industry towards sustainable development through digitization.
The Minister also said that novel methods should be used for the practical training and knowledge development of new professionals entering the aviation sector in Sri Lanka.
Many countries in the world are already using the research process to boost the aviation industry and to boost Sri Lanka’s aviation industry, universities, academics and industry experts should look at this segment.
He said that they are creating a conference and in December of this year, their results are expected to be unveiled through this kind of conference.
Chairman Airports and Aviation Services Company Limited, G.A. Chandrasiri, Prof. Suranga Silva, Prof. Devasiri N. Jayantha, many experts in this field and a large number of high officials from various aviation organizations related to this field also participated.
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