Angola International Airport () (

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currently under-construction, which will serve the capital of

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. It is located in

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, 40 km southeast of the city center. It will be an alternative to the existing

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. Along with some Chinese contractors, the Brazilian company,

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, are constructing the airport. The first phase was completed in 2012. The airport was originally scheduled to completed and opened in 2015/2016, but due to delays caused by problems within the company and the

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, the opening was delayed until 2022. The airport is now expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

Design and construction

The airport will be having the capacity to serve 13 million passengers per year. The lead construction company is

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, which was founded in Hong Kong in 2003. The company built a village named Vila Chinesa, meaning "Chinese village", for the accommodation of workers and material depots, east of Luanda in Viana. The passenger terminal occupies 160,00 sq.m, while the cargo terminal is 6,200 sq.m., with an annual capacity of 35,000 tonnes of cargo. Two parallel runways are built. The northern runway is 4,200 meters long, while the southern runway is 3,800 meters long, both measuring 60 meters in width. The airport's site was finalised in 2004, and construction began in mid-2006. Work was suspended at the end of 2007, due to financial revaluation by the

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. The construction costs, which are financed entirely by

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, were estimated at US$3,8 billion (2015). Complementary infrastructure, such as shops, hangars, restaurants, offices and a nearby hotel are not included. The airport's total area is 50 sq.km. The total area of the airport is 50 sq.km. The project includes the construction of a rail link to the capital, to the province of Luanda and possibly to the neighboring province of

Malanje Malanje is the capital city of Malanje Province in Angola, with a population of 455,000 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 506,847 (2014 census). Projected to be the thirteenth fastest growing city on the African continent be ...

. Due to high traffic jams and in order to cope with the future traffic, the highway connection to Luanda required that the existing road from Luanda to Malanje needs a mass expansion, which is now completed, and is converted as a six-lane and four-lane highway. As of June 2022, the airport is expected to be completed and opened by the end of 2023, as declared by the Angolan Government as the latest update of the airport's status.

References

External links

Homepage China International Fund Limited
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First images published of new Luanda Airport
28 March 2009
Report Angonoticias
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Angola Acontece
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15. November 2007
Angola International Airport
Google Maps, March 2013 {{authority control Airports in Angola Proposed airports in Africa