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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
Wednesday, September 13, 1972
MORE EFFICIENT PASSENGER HANDLING FACILITIES FOR AIRPORT
Additional facilities costing over $11 million are to be built
at Hong Kong Airport as part of Stage IV of the Terminal Building Modifications.
The work involved in the project includes the construction of
four "bus docks" at a cost of $8.7 million, and a number of additional
airbridges.
With a forecast increase in the number of "jumbos" and other
wide-bodied aircraft, it is necessary to provide for greater numbers of
passengers passing through the terminal building.
At present six airlines operating through Hong Kong are using
Boeing 747's providing over 80 movements a week.
As more aircraft will now have to park at the outlying stands, it
has been decided that four bus docks will be built in front of the main
terminal building, on the parking apron, so that the passengers on these
aircraft can board quickly.
Each dock will have a waiting area connected to the main departure
lounge where passengers will be grouped immediately before departure.
When ready they will descend to the apron level by escalators where
buses will take them to aircraft in outlying bays.
This method will reduce the number of buses, thus easing congestion
on the parking apron, and also allow better use of the main departure lounge.
/The docks
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191