Expansion Project Completed at Tibet's Gonggar Airport

December 4, 2003

Expansion Project Completed at Tibet's Gonggar Airport
China Daily, China

The expansion of Gonggar Airport, one of the two airports in Tibet Autonomous 
Region in southwest China, has been completed and is expected to go into trial 
operation by the end of this month. 

The expansion project of the Gonggar Airport, based in the regional capital 
Lhasa, started in May of 2001 and was completed at a cost of 320 million yuan 
(38.69 million US dollars), said a source with the regional bureau of civil 
aviation. 

The expansion project consisted of improvement of the original parking area, 
the terminal building, power supply facilities and water supply and discharge 
system. 

The expansion project will enable Gonggar Airport to handle an annual passenger 
flow of 1.1 million by 2010. 

Statistics show that the Gonggar Airport handled more than 590, 000 passengers 
in the first 10 months this year. 

Bamba Airport, another airport in Tibet, is based in Qamdo in the eastern part 
of Tibet.

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