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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hashan dis" data-source="post: 19324677" data-attributes="member: 124785">                  BIA’s temporary shutdown in 2017       Sri Lanka’s main international airport, Bandaranaike International  Airport (BIA) is scheduled to partially close in 2017 for three months  to carry out maintenance work on the runway, Civil Aviation Authority  Director General (DG) H.M.C. Nimalsiri told the Business Times on  Friday.He noted that this would be decided early since airlines need to be informed one year ahead of such closures. In this respect, he pointed out that this would be the first time such  overlaying or re-surfacing would be carried out on the runway at the BIA  since its construction in 1986.This would amount to a closure of the airport operations for eight hours per day for a period of three months, the DG said. Mr. Nimalsiri said that re-surfacing would be carried out on the runway  due to the wear and tear on it and since the friction level on it could  come down over use throughout the years and also due to loose elements  as well.He pointed out that a lot of safety hazards were at  stake unless the runway was not maintained properly that would be  carried out in one year’s time. The cost of the project is yet to be  estimated and currently the CAA is planning on working out how to make  the necessary arrangements to ensure there would be fewer disturbances  to traffic at the airport, he said.“We will find the least congested hours causing least disturbance for airlines and work out an alternative,” the DG said. Currently, there are 175 aircraft movements per day and the closure  would affect airport operations, hotels and the rest of the country as  well, he pointed out.Expansion work on the BIA is ongoing at a  cost of Rs.80 billion that would enhance its capacity from the current  7.8 million to 15 million upon completion within three year, it was  stated.Sunday times</blockquote>

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