Hat Yai Airport to get major facelift

 

 

SONGKHLA, 28 August 2017 (NNT) – Hat Yai International Airport will undergo a major renovation amid an increasing number of passengers. 

Hat Yai Airport is a gateway to five southern provinces, namely Songkhla, Satun, Narathiwat, Yala, and Pattani. It also has direct flights to Malaysia and Singapore. At present, the airport is capable of handling 2.5 million passengers a year. 

In 2016, the airport saw more than 3.9 million passengers, which far exceeded its capacity, causing delays, long lines of travelers, and over crowding. 

Expecting the number of passengers to reach 4.5 million and up to 31,000 flights in 2019, the airport will now undergo a transformation which includes enlarging the apron, enlarging the passenger hall, adding more pit stops, improving the taxiway and the taxiway lighting system, and installing an intrusion prevention system. 

The renovations will be completed by 2019, according to airport officials.

 

-- nnt 2017-08-28

All new signs for the HDY International airport. Let's find more.

Is this a major facelift to the current facelift?

 

They've been buggering with Hat Yai airport on and off the last ten years. They added a new jetway, then a couple of years later another one. Then they extended the domestic lounge, and updated the international lounge. Currently they're adding a new main entrance and improving the drop off pick up area and taxi rank.

 

I'm guessing the major facelift will likely take it up to the projected 2019 4.5 million passenger capacity rather than thinking ahead and upgrading to XX million and a 2040 capacity projection.