Taipei, May 25 (CNA) A project to build a third terminal at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport will get off the ground Friday and is scheduled to be completed in 2020, the airport company said Thursday.
The new terminal is expected to service up to 45 million passengers a year, more than the combined 35 million capacity of Terminals 1 and 2, Taoyuan Airport Corporation (TAC) said.
It said work on the foundation of the new terminal will start Friday and the next phase of the NT$74.6 billion (US$2.47 billion) project will begin before March 2018.
Terminal 3 will have 21 departure gates and will be ready for full service in 2021, the year after the construction is completed, TAC said.
The project includes various amenities such as hotels, offices and shopping malls.
The design contract was awarded to British architectural firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSH+P), which has designed a wave-like ceiling that will reflect the flow of passengers.
According to TAC, more than 40 million passengers passed through the airport in 2016, and that the figure will likely increase as the number of visitors from Southeast and Northeast Asia continues to surge.
Terminal 3 is being built to meet growing demand and relieve the congestion in the other two terminals, it said.
