Construction of new airport starts

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A construction of a new international airport launched Wednesday in a valley of Khoshig in Sergelen soum, Tov province. The airport is supposed to be completed in 2016. it will receive three million passengers a year. The Japanese Mitsubishi-Chiyoda Alliance has been selected as the executor of this work. The valley is about 54 km south from Ulaanbaatar. The very first object to be erected is the flight security provision building. A construction is also expected of a high speed motorway connecting Ulaanbaatar to the airport, of relay station and railway, a factory, technological park, cargo terminal and a huge complex. Some 12,084.9 hectares for the airport were issued June 2 of 2012 by Mongolian Government's resolution, and the airport's foundation stone was laid that time. The new airport will have capacity to serve 1 million 650 thousand passengers a year and to receive 6 airplane at the same time. To ensure a normal environment for the airport staffers, a new town for 100 thousand residents will be erected. The new airport will have 30 structures and two runaways. Its annual capacity of goods freight will be 11,900 tons.