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Jun 29, 2011 (newstodate): Plans for the first dedicated low-cost passenger terminal at Copenhagen Airport are alive and kicking - and if everything proceeds smoothly the facility will be opened for operations in Spring 2013.
The project met with stubborn resistance from Copenhagen Airport that refused to grant a land plot required for the purpose, prompting instead its own addition of a pier as an extension of an existing passenger terminal, inaugurated on October 31, 2010, but so far attracting business from only one low-cost operator, easyJet.
The issue of a new independent low-cost terminal was then referred to the Danish Competition Authority that is currently handling the case.
-We have received the draft decision from the Competition Authority, and I am delighted to see that it is most positively in our favor, says Mogens Kornbo, a leading partner in the project and formerly with Copenhagen Airport.
-We have until Friday July 1, 2011, to comment on the draft that will next be referred to the Board of the Danish Competition Authority for final decision by late August 2011.
-Pending the final positive outcome from the Board, we can then start the period required for legal issues and authorizations, and estimates are that this together with the physical construction will require some 18 months, enabling us to go operational with the new terminal in time for the 2013 summer peak traffic.
-Once the Board's decision is on the table, we can finalize negotiations with our investors, and following on that we will present the new low-cost terminal concept to the market and start negotiations with potential customers, says Mr Kornbo.
The new low-cost terminal will be built on the airport's eastern outskirts, separate from the airport's other infrastructure and near the airport cargo area.
The project met with stubborn resistance from Copenhagen Airport that refused to grant a land plot required for the purpose, prompting instead its own addition of a pier as an extension of an existing passenger terminal, inaugurated on October 31, 2010, but so far attracting business from only one low-cost operator, easyJet.
The issue of a new independent low-cost terminal was then referred to the Danish Competition Authority that is currently handling the case.
-We have received the draft decision from the Competition Authority, and I am delighted to see that it is most positively in our favor, says Mogens Kornbo, a leading partner in the project and formerly with Copenhagen Airport.
-We have until Friday July 1, 2011, to comment on the draft that will next be referred to the Board of the Danish Competition Authority for final decision by late August 2011.
-Pending the final positive outcome from the Board, we can then start the period required for legal issues and authorizations, and estimates are that this together with the physical construction will require some 18 months, enabling us to go operational with the new terminal in time for the 2013 summer peak traffic.
-Once the Board's decision is on the table, we can finalize negotiations with our investors, and following on that we will present the new low-cost terminal concept to the market and start negotiations with potential customers, says Mr Kornbo.
The new low-cost terminal will be built on the airport's eastern outskirts, separate from the airport's other infrastructure and near the airport cargo area.