Vienna international airport for € 500 million chic

Vienna wants to be a five star airport. The Airport is launching a comprehensive modernisation. Now he shows for the first time Details.

For around 500 million euros, the Vienna airport Terminal 2 and the East Pier, upgraded. In addition, he built an additional building. He announced on Thursday (11. July) for the symbolic ground-breaking ceremony of the ongoing construction. The passengers of the Airport promises "more comfort while travelling, a new centralized security control, an additional baggage claim area, more space at the Gates, as well as an attractive new shopping and dining offers".

The airport will initially be for four years, a construction site, makes clear the Airport of the Austrian capital. In Terminal 2 walls, floors and lighting will be renewed and the roof structure restored. The building will occupy a Central feature for the operation in Vienna. Because passengers will be directed from there, via a new Central security control in the underlying shopping and dining area as well as border control and the B-, C - and D-Gates. "For arriving passengers, a separate Baggage claim arises tapes-the area with the three Issue," says the airport. "The commissioning will be done from today's perspective, the end of the year 2020."

70,000 square meters large new building

The East Pier, with the D-Gates will also be completely modernised. In the future, passengers will find there are offered living areas with Shopping and dining, while the existing partitions and decentralized safety controls will be reduced. The Start of reconstruction work in the Pier East of Vienna is planned for the beginning of the year 2021. The passenger operation is diverted to Other Gate areas. At the beginning of 2023, the Work should be completed.

The planned Enlargement of Vienna airport in a private building of around 70,000 square metres, stay and Lounge areas, additional Bus Gates as well as new Shopping and gastronomy areas. "A particular focus will be on the Austrian culinary and local brands. Among the most well-known dining establishments in Vienna and Austria will be represented here," it says. The Central security control in the Terminal 3 will soon be in the new expansion to the South. The start of construction is planned for mid-2020, in mid-2023, the new Southern extension is scheduled to go into operation.

TU Vienna looks amazing on climate and energy technology

His destination was the Airport made it clear: "After Achieving 4-star certification by Skytrax 2015, the airport of Vienna with the planned modernisation and extension measures are now the clear goal, the next 5-star-Airport-to be Europe." Sustainability and energy efficiency should play an important role.

"The new Southern extension will be built on the activated piles, whereby the geothermal energy is used", for example. "State of the art building technology solutions, optimised thermal insulation and modern design of the façade to be used." The projects of the Technical University of Vienna on climate and energy technically accompanied.

You can see in the above image gallery first representations of the southern Enlargement of the Vienna airport.

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