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Jan 17, 2008 (newstodate): State-owned Kaunas Airport, in Lithuania, has great plans for development already on the drawing board.
-We have identified five priorities, and land has already been allotted to their future realisation, says Arijandas Sliupas, Kaunas Airport general director.
-First comes the construction of an aircraft maintenance and repair center, preferably in cooperation with an international partner, and capable of providing A, B, C, and even D-checks on Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
-Second is the construction of a new air cargo terminal to be designed in modules to allow for expansion as warranted by market demands.
-Third priority is establishing an aviation training center providing training for various aviation-related competences, followed by the construction of a long-term parking facility and finally, as the fifth priority, a landside petrol station.
-All these projects will require participation by private investors on a case-by-case basis, says Mr Sliupas.
As a first step, Kaunas Airport expects to open a public tender for the cargo terminal by the end of this or by the second quarter, and pending the outcome of this a new cargo terminal would be ready for operations some two years later.
Kaunas Airport is currently finalising the construction of a new 7,300 sq m passenger terminal that will become operational by April 1, 2008.
-We have identified five priorities, and land has already been allotted to their future realisation, says Arijandas Sliupas, Kaunas Airport general director.
-First comes the construction of an aircraft maintenance and repair center, preferably in cooperation with an international partner, and capable of providing A, B, C, and even D-checks on Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
-Second is the construction of a new air cargo terminal to be designed in modules to allow for expansion as warranted by market demands.
-Third priority is establishing an aviation training center providing training for various aviation-related competences, followed by the construction of a long-term parking facility and finally, as the fifth priority, a landside petrol station.
-All these projects will require participation by private investors on a case-by-case basis, says Mr Sliupas.
As a first step, Kaunas Airport expects to open a public tender for the cargo terminal by the end of this or by the second quarter, and pending the outcome of this a new cargo terminal would be ready for operations some two years later.
Kaunas Airport is currently finalising the construction of a new 7,300 sq m passenger terminal that will become operational by April 1, 2008.