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Jan 29, 2019 (newstodate): Iceland is planning for growth in number of air passengers through the country's Keflavik Airport. Question is: just how much will the volume grow?
According to Keflavik Airport’s Major Development Plan, produced in 2015, passenger volumes would reach 8.8 million in 2025 and 13.8 million in 2040.
But according to the latest estimate, based on actual growth, the total number of passengers through Keflavik Airport is projected to reach 11.6 million in 2020 and 14.5 million in 2025.
However, in 2018 Keflavik Airport generated a total of 9.8 mio passengers, but the latest forecast for 2019 is now seeing total volumes to drop to some nine mio passengers only, of which some 35 percent will be in transit.
The development outlined in the Major Development Plan for the Leifur Eiriksson Air Terminal is divided into two phases.
Isavia's Board has approved commencement of project design for the first phase in 2018, with the first-phase buildings to be successively commissioned in 2019-2021 if development proceeds as planned.
The second phase comprises an East Pier and a new North Building expected to open in stages 5-7 years after commencing the design work.
The question now is: how much will passengers volumes through the airport actually grow?
According to Keflavik Airport’s Major Development Plan, produced in 2015, passenger volumes would reach 8.8 million in 2025 and 13.8 million in 2040.
But according to the latest estimate, based on actual growth, the total number of passengers through Keflavik Airport is projected to reach 11.6 million in 2020 and 14.5 million in 2025.
However, in 2018 Keflavik Airport generated a total of 9.8 mio passengers, but the latest forecast for 2019 is now seeing total volumes to drop to some nine mio passengers only, of which some 35 percent will be in transit.
The development outlined in the Major Development Plan for the Leifur Eiriksson Air Terminal is divided into two phases.
Isavia's Board has approved commencement of project design for the first phase in 2018, with the first-phase buildings to be successively commissioned in 2019-2021 if development proceeds as planned.
The second phase comprises an East Pier and a new North Building expected to open in stages 5-7 years after commencing the design work.
The question now is: how much will passengers volumes through the airport actually grow?