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VANANTHAT HARUHE

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The new passenger terminal buil- ding, showing the 2-storey main public concourse in the middle, the departure block on the left, and the arrival wing on the right. The terminal is in the half-way stage of construction. The structures of the public concour- se and the arrivals wing have been completed. The structure of the departure wing is still not yet completed. On the extreme right is the 5-storey operations and administrative building. The con- trol tower is perched on top of this building.

he 3.5 times larger than the present It will also one of the best in South-East Asia,

one.

This ultra-modern building will be in the form of an L-shaped structure about 30 yards from the five-storey operations and administration block

which was completed in 1961 as the second phase of the Airport's de- velopment project.

The main public concourse is a two-storey building flanked by the arrivals and departures wings on each limb of the "L".

This separation of arrivals and departures has been designed to segregate incoming and outgoing passengers, thus avoiding congestion

a problem that is now being face: in the present terminal,

The departures block. about 500 feet long. contains two V.I.P. suites, all the ticketing offices and a transit lounge and garden.

The air-conditioned V.I.P. suites will be provided with facilities for television, recording and press inter- views. In addition they will have their own access roads and car park.

At the ticketing hall. outgoing passengers will check in the main Their luggage will be claered by the conveyor belts while they proceed to the main public

counter.

concourse

for further announce- ments. When their flight is called. the passengers will walk to the de- parture waiting rooms without clashing with incoming passengers and their waiting relatives and friends.

The

electrically-powered con- veyor belt system is a device that will allow a closer scrutiny and speedier handling of the luggage of inbound and outbound passengers.

The waving gallery, the first section. of the new passenger terminal buil- ding to be completed. On the right, situated next to the extreme end of the gallery, is the apron control office.

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