Dorado airport will be demolished

adrimm (Moderator) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Feb 8, 2007, 15:40:

Monpirri says on Feb 8, 2007, 16:02:

architectural designs If you would like to see the unique architectural designs, please contact Kat1 she has the floor plans.

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manu1999 says on Feb 8, 2007, 20:42:

it's not a very nice airport anyway

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adrimm (Moderator) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Feb 8, 2007, 22:30:

thur says on Feb 9, 2007, 02:13:

El Dorado. The contest to control and overhaul the airport (for 650 million USD) was held last year and Opaín won the concession. They agreed in general with the design which won several months earlier, although they will have the freedom to make some changes. They won because they presented plans in which the government would receive 46% of revenue, more than any other consortium offered. Opaín is a Colombian/ Swiss consortium, it can be read here:
http://www.eltiempo.com/economia/2006-08-25/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3196354.html

I read that the renders on Colombian TV yesterday or the day before that were different than the original ones. The winning design can be seen here:
http://img279.imageshack.us/img279/3416/render32nu8.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9655/render3qc8.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7486/reder4rn0.jpg

It will take about 5 years, so they say...
Videoclip of CityTV:
http://www.eltiempo.com/multimedia/video/economia/VIDEO-WEB-PLANTILLA_VIDEOS-3432320.html

[edit: added video URL]
Greetings,

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Feb 9, 2007, 02:19:

michaelz says on Feb 9, 2007, 07:51:

where? It would appear that they can't demolish the old terminal until the new one is ready. Where will the new terminal be located? How bad can we expect the chaos to be in getting in and out during construction?

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oldbongo says on Feb 9, 2007, 09:48:

holy cow.....bangkok is useless too!! why don't they come to vancouver to see how it's done??
you got the answer already........$$$$$$$$$....the code.

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adrimm (Moderator) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Feb 9, 2007, 13:53:

juanalejo says on Feb 10, 2007, 18:25:

Several Stages There will be several stages for the construction for the original redesign, first the old cargo airport (in between Puente Aereo and main terminal) will be knocked down and moved across the airport next to the newer Cargo area (right hand on exit from the airport), then the first part of the new terminal will be built right from the Puente Aereo all the way to main terminal, once done all international flights will move there and first half of Eldorado comes down and is rebuilt, then second half comes down and is rebuilt and finally Puente Aereo comes down and gives way for second half of international terminal. The article is not exact as just only the first half of the new terminal will be 134.000 sq mts. if you add up the existing El Dorado and Puente Aereo once all remodeled it will be around 200.000 sq mts of airport space.

Mario, El Dorado is a major airport in S.A. it is the second in passenger movement in Latin America after Mexico City´s Benito Juarez and Sao Paulo´s Guarulhos and first one in cargo movement in the region.

Now if the idea of moving all the cargo area does get approved, things might move a little differently, but still have to wait on that.

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billyb says on Feb 10, 2007, 18:33:

Maybe with a new more efficient.. airport, Bogota' can become even more of a transport hub for SA, it has the perfect location for it.

BillyB

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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David Pristupa says on Feb 13, 2007, 22:08:

Montreal Mirabel A huge airport was built North of Montreal in anticipation of a doubling of population. Intead everyone headed down to Toronto
and west to Alberta. This huge airport is slated for demolition
after consideration of turning in a shopping mall

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