November 16, 2007

Today mayor of Almaty Mr. Imangali Tasmagambetov has visited Almaty International Airport. Mr. Tasmagambetov and the mass media representatives passed by the aerodrome territory and stayed at the central project of the airport as follows:

• New runway;
• New international passenger terminal building;
• New hangar for the aircrafts maintenance service.

There were Committee chairman of the Civil Aviation of the RK Mr. Kubayev Mukhit and Director General of the “Kazaeronavigation” Mr. Kulnazarov Sergey at the event. 

Mr. Tasmagambetov with the “ALA” JSC direction acquainted the mass media representatives with effort had been done at the Almaty Airport recently.

Runway:

At the Almaty International Airport the structural drawings of the new runway had been completed; it will be certified by the third category from the first landing course under restricted visibility conditions. Measurement of the new runway: length is 4500 m; width is 45 m (operating part) and 60 m (general part).

Only certain airports of the former Soviet Union have such runways for the aircrafts (Sheremetiyevo, Domodedovo, and Borsipol). 

Landing under restricted visibility conditions practically occurs in any weather. The third category gives an opportunity to provide safe landing at horizontal visibility less than 150m and till 20m of vertical visibility.

Since June till October 2008 great effort was done: 167 thousand cubic meters of concrete and 186 km of cable products were laid. Runway lighting and drainage system for derivation of ground and surface waters were set. All these were made at the expense of the airport internal funds and capital formation.

Nowadays it remains only to complete the lighting assembly and to test air traffic controlling means and GPWS. Very complicated certification processes of the aerodrome are in prospect - proven documentation preparation in accordance with government regulation № 973 that was issued on 20 October, 2007. Its name is “Certification rules and issuance of the aerodrome fitness certification”. The whole list of documents is given in it; it is need to represent them to the certification centre. Such centre is the Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Transport and Communication.

New runway is fit to all types of aircrafts unrestricted. The only problem is too many small airlines that fly on YAK-40, YAK-42, AN-24, and TU-13. These aircrafts are not equipped for flying by the third category landing. Besides, not the whole airline’s air crew is trained to fly by the 3 category. Other planes of the leading world carriers including home airline “Air Astana” can operate their flights unrestricted.

New International Passenger Terminal

Taking into account dynamic development of the Almaty International Airport as hub of the Central-Asian region, direction of the airport together with city authorities and Ministry of Transport and Communication of the RK took a decision over realizing the building of another passenger terminal for international flights and creating the great infrastructure complex “Airport-City”. Thereto famous and highly professional French design company ADPi was got to take part in it.

The place of 35,000 m² with eight air bridges with 1500 passengers per hour carrying capacity – 2,000,000 passengers per year will be handed over at the first stage terminal development.  

The place of 50,000 m² with additional 16 air bridges will be handed over at the second stage development.

Thus, after completing the building passengers were represented new terminal with dimension 85,000 m²; it will be equipped with 24 air bridges.

Having studied history and traditions of Kazakhstan, Design Company ADPi approached to the design very creatively and offered the terminal shaped as five yurts (the first stage of three ones accordingly). There are spacious lounges with great quantum satis of as check-in desks, so border desks to avoid queues at the terminal territory. Duty-free territory will be 1600 m². Passengers will be offered wide range of café and restaurants, also comfortable waiting rooms.

In future trends there will be developed infrastructural complex - Airport City at the adjacent territory of new terminal. It will include hotel system Marriot, conference-halls, business-centre, ecpo-centre, shopping-centre, cinemas, apartments, and etc.

At the present construction work of the passenger terminal foundation is held.  Building frame contractor is home company Imstalcom.

New hangar for the aircrafts maintenance service  

New hangar complex of the Almaty international Airport includes two buildings for 2-4 aircrafts with built-on office and technical block.

Building of hangar complex consists of 2 sections, meant for the aircrafts placing, and 3-stored office and technical block. Hangar section is designed by conditions of simultaneous maintenance service the one aircraft Boeing 737 - 300\400\500, or Airbus320\321 and two business class planes Gulfstream 200. To provide bringing the aircrafts into the hangar automatic doors Megadoor are provisioned, production of “Cargo group” (Sweden). Hangar HWD – 48,0m x 97,0 m. Office and technical block HWD - 13,5m х 43,0m.

Hangar building and office and technical block carcass is made of metal structure by individual manufacture taking into account seismic load in ten-point area. Bearing structures of the hangars cover are girders with 48m bay.

Foundations under the hangar building and office and technical blocks carcass are monolithic, columnar, and individual. Continuous footing and foundation girder with ceramic granite revetment are used for building socle. Hangar roof is panel “Vental”.

Parking places for aircrafts in hangar are equipped with ground system, power supply with special currents, compressed air supply, and up-to-date automatic fire fighting system meeting the requirement of the world standards.

To handle the highly located elements of the aircrafts constructions and carrying out the installation and disassembling works hangar is equipped with cathead with 3,5 tons of carrying capacity.

Three-stored office and technical block is intended for placing the office, domestic, and engineering rooms. Walling of the 3-stored office and technical block is made of red complete brick 388 mm thick with effective warming, and facade system «TRANSWALL».

Overlapping the office and technical block is made of prefabricated reinforced concrete cavitaty slabs 6m length. Floors in the hangars - solid reinforced concrete slab made taking into account technological load. All elements of underground economy are made in prefabricated solid variant.