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Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Expansion Project
Date Posted: 24 May, 2008 |
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The KSh10 Billion (US$140 million) expansion project, which was inaugurated by the President of the republic of Kenya, H.E. President Mwai Kibaki, on the 27th of September 2006, is in good progress. The entire project is scheduled to be concluded in about three years, and is expected to effectively address capacity and other operational constraints at JKIA.
The JKIA expansion project has been divided into three phases to ensure minimum disruption to the airport's operations.The Phase 1, being undertaken by Chinese company, China Wu Yi at a cost of Sh2.6 Billion Kenya shillings involves the construction of a new Apron, Taxiways and an extended Fuel Hydrant System associated with the proposed Unit 4 terminal building.
The completion date of Phase 1 will be May 30th 2008. Some areas of the new apron (remote parking) are already in use and by the end of February The whole apron can be used to park planes
The phase I was originally forecasted to be complete in September 2007 however there have been delays. The delays in the project have arisen due to the rains, delay in delivery of equipment (valve for the fuel hydrant) and shortage of cement. However these shortcomings have been sorted out and completion is forecasted end of March 2008. To date no extra cost has been paid for the delay.
Current events in the country have impacted on our operations through reduction of passengers which reflects on the collection of passenger service tax. There also has been reduction on our charter airlines especially in Mombasa due to the reduction of tourist. However all our scheduled airlines are operating at our airports.
A business committee has been created to look into the impact on our operations and come up with solutions on facing these challenges. One of the areas been looked into incentive packages aimed at boosting our domestic tourism
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