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Sep 25, 2018 (newstodate): As always, the issue of the future airports infrastructure in Greenland is highly politicized and now again up for hefty debates. But new airports will be built!
This is at least the expectations held by Johannus Egholm Hansen, Chairman of the Board since March 2017 at Kalallit Airports, the company set up in June 2016 by Greenland's government to realize plans for a new airports infrastructure in Greenland.
-According to the existing calender, Greenland's parliament will have the issue of airports infrastructure and its financing on the agenda for a second debate on October 15, and a final, third round of confirmation on October 25, 2018, says Mr Egholm Hansen.
-Provided this time-frame holds, we will publish tender materials by medio December 2018/January 2019, and bids will be opened in March 2019.
-Following the selection of the winning bid, construction works may then commence by May 2019, allowing the companies time to bring equipment and personnel in place. And the airports at Nuuk and Ilulissat will then be commissioned in October 2023.
-The tender material will allow bidders to propose a revised time-frame for the construction of the two airports concerning potential savings in time and costs if the two projects are built in sequence, rather than concurrently. This might result in the airport at Ilulissat to be completed slightly after the airport at Nuuk if the over-all savings are considerable, says Mr Egholm Hansen.
Existing plans are that the runway at the capital airport at Nuuk will be extended from today's 950m to 1,800m, Ilulissat Airport will also have its runway extended to 1,800m from today's 845m, and a new airport will be constructed at Qaqortoq with a 1,200m runway.
The final timing of the project at Qaqortoq still hinges on a series of tests of turbulence issues to be verified by aircraft approaches into Qaqortoq Airport, currently only a helipad, to confirm problems identified in simulator experiments.
This is at least the expectations held by Johannus Egholm Hansen, Chairman of the Board since March 2017 at Kalallit Airports, the company set up in June 2016 by Greenland's government to realize plans for a new airports infrastructure in Greenland.
-According to the existing calender, Greenland's parliament will have the issue of airports infrastructure and its financing on the agenda for a second debate on October 15, and a final, third round of confirmation on October 25, 2018, says Mr Egholm Hansen.
-Provided this time-frame holds, we will publish tender materials by medio December 2018/January 2019, and bids will be opened in March 2019.
-Following the selection of the winning bid, construction works may then commence by May 2019, allowing the companies time to bring equipment and personnel in place. And the airports at Nuuk and Ilulissat will then be commissioned in October 2023.
-The tender material will allow bidders to propose a revised time-frame for the construction of the two airports concerning potential savings in time and costs if the two projects are built in sequence, rather than concurrently. This might result in the airport at Ilulissat to be completed slightly after the airport at Nuuk if the over-all savings are considerable, says Mr Egholm Hansen.
Existing plans are that the runway at the capital airport at Nuuk will be extended from today's 950m to 1,800m, Ilulissat Airport will also have its runway extended to 1,800m from today's 845m, and a new airport will be constructed at Qaqortoq with a 1,200m runway.
The final timing of the project at Qaqortoq still hinges on a series of tests of turbulence issues to be verified by aircraft approaches into Qaqortoq Airport, currently only a helipad, to confirm problems identified in simulator experiments.