Nov09
Published by misha in Airlines, Arts, Asia, Chillin, Cultural, Eating, Japan, Restaurants, Travel Stories
Narita Airport, is also known as New Tokyo International Airport, located in the city of Narita in Chiba Prefecture, about 60 km outside of Tokyo. It consists of two terminal buildings, terminal 1 and terminal 2, with each airline being assigned to one of the two terminals.
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Jun20
Published by Asya in Airlines, Europe, Events, France, Urban Tourism
Organized every two years by the GIFAS (Association of French Aerospace companies), the Paris Air show is the occasion for the French and international aeronautical and space communities to present its most recent materials and most powerful, to reveal its programs for the future, to announce or negotiate contracts and projects of co-operations. The Paris Air Show is the world’s largest, with 480,000 visitors reported in 2005. That year’s show featured nearly 2,000 exhibitors and more than 200 aircraft on display.
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May30
Published by vanhal in Airlines, Photos, Spain, Urban Tourism
Madrid Barajas Airport opened in 1933 and was subsequently extended several times. By the early ‘90s, the existing airport had become over-stretched and the need for a terminal, satellite, ancillary buildings and two new runways in the north-west was identified. The client, the Spanish National Airports Authority (AENA) initiated an international competition which was won by a consortium of Richard Rogers Partnership, the Spanish practice Estudio Lamela and two engineering companies TPS and Initec in 1997. The design was chosen for it simplicity, adaptability and flexibility, allowing for future changes and extensions.
As a 21st-century airport, the New Terminal at Barajas will be efficient, simple, economic and functional, accommodating anticipated growth in passenger traffic, which could be up to 35 million per annum in 2010 and 50 million in 2020, double the capacity of the old airport.
The new NAT is located only three kilometres from the old terminals and, after public transportation links have been completed, will be only 15 minutes by underground from the city centre, enhancing Madrid’s prominence as a major cosmopolitan centre and prime transport hub. When the new Barajas Airport is fully operational, there will be a workforce of 20,000 on site each day.
The New Terminal Building should quickly adapt to economic and social changes and have the capacity to implement new technologies, whilst respecting the environment.
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