Aena, the public company that manages general interest airports in Spain, today announced the completion of the work plan being carried out at Seville International Airport (SVQ).
The work, which began in May 2019 and demanded an overall investment of more than 80 million euro, meant the biggest transformation of the air station’s facilities in more than three decades. The plan focused on three areas: the lengthening of the runway, the refurbishment of the airport’s power plant and the extension of the passenger terminal building.
Runway work
The improvement work on the airport’s only runway, which is oriented 09/27 and is 3.362 metres long, was completed in January 2020. Around five hundred workers, more than fifty vehicles and heavy machinery took part in the work. A total of 117.600 tonnes of asphalt agglomerate and 18.900 cubic metres of concrete were required.
Reform of the power plant
The refurbishment of the Seville International Airport power plant was completed in September 2022. In a press release, Aena stressed that this upgrade was critical for the activity of the air station, as the entire infrastructure depends on its energy supply.
As a result of the work, the power plant gained capacity for the expected future growth. It also incorporated more sustainable solutions to reduce energy consumption and costs, such as LED lighting and remote equipment control technologies.
Passenger terminal expansion and improvements
The expansion of the passenger terminal has just been completed. According to Aena, this was «the most emblematic action of the work plan». It was extended in two directions: to the south, to serve domestic and international traffic within the Schengen area, and to the north, for operations to and from outside the area free of border controls.
The new international departure area, which has five boarding gates, was opened in September this year.
The new facilities have the operational capacity to handle up to ten million passengers a year. Seville International Airport now has eighteen boarding gates, five vertical transit hubs, eight security screening lanes, ten baggage reclaim belts and new biometric documentation checkpoints.
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