Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM) inaugurated a commencement ceremony for Passenger Terminal Building north extension on 23rd November 2015. The ceremony was attended by the representatives from CAM, Administration of Airport Limited (ADA), the design & build contractor Nam Fong Construction & Real Estate Co., Limited (Nam Fong), the Supervision PAL Asiaconsult Limited (PAL) and the Quality Assurance Consultant Civil Engineering Laboratory of Macau (LECM). Temporarily traffic diversion plan was adopted during the construction period to accommodate construction activities. Soil improvement is currently conducted on site while the superstructure and exterior façade are expected to be completed by the end of 2016. However, the interior finishing and fit-out job will be performed at a later stage.
The current terminal building is 45,000m² with capability of handling 6 million passengers annually. In 2014, MIA has already handled up to 5.48 million passengers and has almost reached its design capacity. Therefore, early this year, MIA developed the design for the north extension of MIA’s passenger terminal. In order to achieve higher level of customers' satisfaction, this new terminal design followed not only local laws and regulations, but also the guidelines from International Air Transport Association (IATA) to assess the performance of each terminal facilities and services.
After the completion of the North Extension Building, the total floor space will have an increase of 14,000m2 to provide more space for departure lounge as well as retail and Food & Beverage areas. The designed passenger handling capacity is expected to be increased from 6 million up to around 7.5 - 7.8 million. This project also includes the construction of a new passenger boarding bridge, thus there will be a total of 5 boarding bridges commissioning after the completion. North Extension building will be integrated seamlessly with the current Passenger Terminal Building to provide uniform, seamless architectural appearance to both interior and exterior of the building.
