New Terminal helps to Split from the Chaos
The second largest airport in Croatia, with the opening of its new Terminals, the needed capacities. Split but had to wait a long time for this.
Croatia is no longer a secret tip. The country on the Adriatic sea attracts with idyllic beaches and countless Islands, long broad masses of the people. The number of tourists is increasing from year to year. With the tourism boom of the Split airport could not keep up. In recent years, the Airport could no longer cope with the passenger flows. He enjoyed a bad reputation.
Since this month is the second-largest city of Croatia, in the case of passengers, however, has significantly better chances to leave a good first impression. 13. June opened the Split airport the new Terminal. Just in time for the peak travel season, the new building creates much-needed capacity.
A fifth more passengers per hour
In the past year, the airport had to handle more than 3.1 million passengers. The old Terminal was designed for a capacity of 2 million annual passengers. The result is an over-crowded departure hall, a chaotic operation and also, high fees, which were previously low-cost airlines barriers, such as the Portal Ex-Yu Aviation holds were.
The new Terminal creates for the next few years for the first time remedy. It is designed for 3.5 million passengers per year and will surge to cope with the times better. Thus, the hourly capacity has been increased by one-fifth. Overall, the area was increased dramatically. Formerly, the airport had a 14’000-square-metre arrival and departure hall, with 45’000 square meters of the successor is now more than three Times as large.
Planners had to show a lot of patience
A long time ago was that the Airport will come to a Limit. Already in 2016, the passenger exceeded revenue for the first time, the capacity of the Airport. That it is not managed by the airport company, the opening of the new terminal earlier, is the extremely slow system of law in Croatia.
For the Expansion of the airport company had to buy up adjoining surfaces. Because a property owner was in a dispute with his workers, delayed the construction process considerably. Such disputes take in Croatia, especially for a long time. The world economic forum the country is on his list about the efficiency of the legal framework for the settlement of disputes on space 139 of 140.
You can see in the above image gallery images of the new terminal of the airport of Split.