Asia and Australasia

Adelaide International Airport (ADL/YPAD)
Adelaide International Airport's new Multi-User Integrated Terminal (MUIT) was opened in October 2005.	The new terminal is able to process over 3,000 passengers per hour and has 42 check-in desks for use by all airlines.	14 glass-sided aerobridges, which extend from 26m to 47m, allow passengers to view the Adelaide Hills and the city as they board or disembark their aircraft.
The new facility has two storeys and a mezzanine level and includes state-of-the-art passenger facilities and security systems, retail areas and full amenity public and airline lounges.	Adelaide International Airport is a WiFi hotspot after Internode installed a free, public use network at the airport.	Construction of the new domestic and international terminal at Adelaide International Airport.
Aerial view showing position of new terminal building.	Map showing future airport development plans.	A livestock transfer area with quarantine facilities is planned for the cargo area of the airport.
The airport bus service transit may get a new terminal.	Adelaide's new terminal was opened in late 2005.	Adelaide Airport from the air.
The terminal has an area for observation of the aircraft.	The check-in area is light and comfortable.	The terminal entrance at Adelaide Airport.
Adelaide Airport glass aerobridges in June 2007 at least one more is planned.

Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE/OPLA),
The terminal building and road infrastructure during construction.	The terminal during construction.	The terminal is well constructed and is aesthetically pleasing.
The airport terminal illuminated for Pakistan Independence Day.	The terminal in use.	A Pakistan airlines aircraft taking off from AIIA.
The CIP lounge at the terminal building.	Construction of the passenger terminal at Allama Iqbal International Airport.	Cranes tower over the project site.
The Allama Iqbal International Airport project begins to take shape.	Scaffolding on the Allama Iqbal International Airport passenger terminal.	The work site.

Astana International Airport (TSE)
Astana Airport is designed to handle large capacity wide-body aircraft such as the AN-124.	The expansion project includes a 40m-high air traffic control tower.	The new passenger terminal is equipped with two passenger bridges.
Two runways, 04 and 22, were completed in August 2003. They are both 3,500m long, 45m wide and built to the PCN 79 F/C/W/T standard.	Internal work on the terminal building.	The runways have been equipped with high intensity IDMAN lighting systems equipped with the PAPI visual navigation aid (ICAO CAT II).
The exterior of the passenger terminal dome has been clad in blue mosaic tiles to express the colours of the national flag and the Islamic identity of the country.	The design inside the dome gives an open space up to the top of the spheroid including perimeter mezzanines on each level.	On the third and the fourth floors of the passenger terminal there are retail areas, food courts, entertainment areas, game rooms and rest lounges.
The VIP lounge.	Refuelling facilities include one 60,000l and six 22,000l (45psi, 1,600l/min, two hoses) fuel reservoirs with full fuel filtration and laboratory testing facilities.

Auckland International Airport (AKL/NZAA)
Map showing details of the Auckland International Airport expansion.	Auckland International Airport terminal projects.	Artist's impression of Auckland International Airport terminal projects.
Auckland International's check-in expansion.	The new check-in area at Auckland International Airport.	Check-in area before upgrade.
Auckland Airport passenger flow diagram.	Within the segregated pier A, a glass wall separates arrival traffic from departing passengers.	Hard standing area and ground preparation for possible pier B (June 2004).
Map showing position of new line maintenance unit.	Artist's impression of the new Spinnaker Bar at Auckland International.	Scheme showing walkway link and future pier B.
Scheme showing departures, before expansion works.	Scheme showing departures, after expansion works.	The Auckland International Airport terminal expansion was completed in 2001.
Auckland's international terminal is undergoing further expansion work.	Auckland International Airport is New Zealand's second largest cargo port by value, contributing NZ$16bn annually to the economy	Security has been enhanced at Auckland Airport with the pier segregation project.
Auckland International's domestic terminal's glass curtain – the airfield can be observed by passengers.	The international terminal at Auckland Airport is expanding again.	Auckland Airport's expanding international arrivals area.

Bangalore International Airport
Plan of runways and taxiing areas at the new Bangalore International Airport.	Plan of the Bangalore International Airport terminal.	The terminal will have three floors: domestic arrivals and baggage handling / claim, international arrivals and domestic and international departures.
Not only will the airport initially attract between five and six million passengers per year but it will also employ upwards of 4,500 staff to run the facility.	The airport facilities will also include a large retail centre, a multi cuisine food court area and an adventure play area / day care facilities for the children of passengers.	The Bangalore International Airport terminal building at night.
Airside view of Bangalore International Airport.	Baggage claim at Bangalore Airport.	Illy Cafe in the international departures area.
Bangalore Airport's international duty-free retail outlet.

Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY)
The expansion of Beihai Airport is part of China's modernisation programme to meet the increasing demands from passengers and cargo.	Artist's impression of the new terminal at China's Beihai Fucheng Airport. The new airport will use a front-back steel structure for its roof which is composed of a triangular structure curving from 2D to compound 3D shape.	The interior of Beihai Fucheng Airport has soaring arches. The design of the airport is expected to match international standards.

Beijing Capital International Airport Expansion, Chaoyang District
The Beijing Capital International Airport terminal roof design which will assist in the heating and cooling of the terminal.	Construction on-going inside the new terminal three of Beijing International Airport.	The roof structure of the new terminals in Beijing International Airport is similar to that used at Stansted Airport, UK.
Beijing International Airport showing the air traffic control tower completed in 2003.	A representation of Beijing's terminal at night with light emanating through the yellow and red skylights.

Brisbane Airport (BNE/YBBN), Eagle Farm, Queensland
The international terminal is undergoing a A$340m redevelopment that began in October 2006, due for completion by the end of 2008.	Development of this award-winning airport is seen as critical for the overall economic strength of south-east Queensland, which is the fastest growing trade and industrial centre in Australia.	The terminal upgrade will include extra arrival and check-in facilities for passengers, 56 retailers, a new multi-level 10,800m² car park and overall amenity improvements.
Two new aircraft gates are under construction to handle Airbus A380 airliners. Each will accept either one wide-body aircraft, such as the A380, or two narrow-body planes.	New link roads, a fire station, utilities facilities, security fencing and drainage are all part of the Brisbane Airport redevelopment.	Brisbane Airport is believed to be the fastest growing airport in Australia, with annual passenger numbers, tipping 17.5 million a year in2006–07.

Cairns Airport Redevelopment Project,
Cairns Airport is going through a major redevelopment project.	Cairns Port Authority will invest A$290m in airport development.	Cairns Airport is the gateway for a developing tourist area of Australia.
The redeveloped Cairns Airport will play host to the new Boeing 787.	Both domestic and international terminals are being redeveloped at Cairns Airport.

Cam Ranh International Airport
The owner and operator of Cam Ranh airport is the Government of Vietnam.	The airport features a single runway considered to be the longest runway in Vietnam.	Cam Rahn airport is spread over an area of 750ha.

Canberra International Airport (CBR/YSCB)
Quantas will be the biggest tenant of the airport's new terminal. Canberra ultimately hopes to be the regional hub for NSW in the future as well as attracting international and freight traffic.	Prime Minister John Howard cuts the ribbon to formally open the new extended runway in December 2006.	An Airbus A340 landing; Canberra's recent runway upgrade and widening was to allow large wide-bodied aircraft such as Boeing 747s, 777s and Airbus A340s to land.
Canberra Airport from the east.	Canberra Airport terminal at night.

Centrair (NGO/RJGG),
The new Central Japan International Airport (Centrair) is being constructed on an island in Aichi prefecture.	Construction status of International Wing Passenger Terminal boarding bridge, September 2003.	Approach road from mainland to airport 'island', September 2003.
Graphical representation of the new airport.	Airport surveillance radar and radio transmitter, September 2003.	Construction status of International Wing Terminal building, Sept. 2003.
InVision's CTX 9000 DSi, the world's fastest FAA-certified explosives detection system, which will be installed in the airport.	Map showing the railway links to Centrair, Central Japan Airport.	Map of the region in which Centrair is located.
Passenger numbers continue to rise at Centrair airport.	The entrance to the sky city mall on the fourth floor at Centrair.

Changi Airport (SIN/WSSS)
The air traffic control tower, contructed as part of phase one of the Changi Airport redevelopment.	Baggage check in at the Changi Airport's new budget terminal.	A restaurant in Changi's Terminal 2.
Changi Airport terminal 2 concourse.	The departure hall of Changi Airport's terminal 1.	Inside terminal 2 at Changi Airport.
The Green Wall is a major feature at Singapore Changi Airport.	Singapore Changi Airport check-in area. The nozzles shown on some of the partitions are actually air conditioning vents positioned to give maximum cooling efficiency.	The SkyTrain people mover at the Singapore Changi Airport has three stations inside the new terminal.

Chennai International Airport (MAA/VOMM),
Aerial view of Chennai International Airport.	During 2007 and 2008, Chennai International Airport handled 3.4 million international passengers and 7.2 million domestic passengers and has an annual passenger growth of 18%.	Expansion work is due to be complete by 2011, and will transform Chennai Airport into the greenest airport in India thanks to its sustainable technology.
Chennai Airport is currently undergoing modernisation and expansion to increase its capacity to 30 million passengers a year.	The Tamil Nadu State Government has allocated 130 acres of land for the development of a second runway at Chennai International Airport.	After the expansion, Chennai Airport will have 140 check-in counters, 60 immigration counters and seven security gates.
The 15,700m² Anna international terminal can currently handle three million passengers a year.	The upgraded international terminal at Chennai will be able to handle a capacity of approximately 4,450 passengers during peak hours and is expected to reach saturation during 2017 and 2018.

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport,
The departures area in terminal 1-B of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.	The departures area in terminal 2 was designed by ADP.	Drop-off and pick-up areas at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
New architecture at the old Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport terminal 2.	Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is now catering for over 20 million passengers a year.

Christchurch International Airport
Artist's impression of the terminal development programme.	Christchurch International Airport's shared check-in area.	The pre-security departure area.
Christchurch Airport's international departures shopping precinct.	Christchurch's new air traffic control tower under construction.

Danang International Airport
Danang International Airport is centrally located within the city with good transportation links.	In 2000, the estimated number of passengers passing through Danang International Airport was 0.75 million.	Danang International Airport is crucial to the development of the central region of Vietnam.
The cargo facilities at the airport will be upgraded.	The airport will allow Danang to expand it's tourist economy.

Darwin International Airport
Darwin International Airport (DIA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Airport Development Group (ADG).	The current facilities at DIA include: a two-runway system that handles all existing and planned aircraft types, including the A380 Airbus.	Darwin's airport environment strategy (AES) helps manage operations while minimising the impact on environment.

Diosdado Macapagal International Airport,
Diosdado Macapagal International Airport is on Luzon Island and could become a major hub in Asia.	Philippines Airlines has a modern fleet and would like to make DMIA its hub.	The position of Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, in the CSEZ.
The old air force base has formed an exceptional basis for an international airport with two identical concrete parallel runways able to accept the majority of commercial aircraft.	The old air traffic control tower of DMIA can be seen in the background this is being replaced as part of the $1.7bn master plan.	A Philippine Airlines A319 being serviced. If the $50m deal goes through this could be the scene at DMIA.

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG, VANP),
Nagpur has a very central position in India.	The expanded airport terminal opened in April 2008.	The Nagpur master plan involves a massive upgrade of airport facilities.
A rendering of the new Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport terminal.	The MIHAN involves a new special economic and residential zone.	A rendering of the new Nagpur terminal.
The new terminal will be central to the airport's ability to sell itself as a new hub in Asia.

Gold Coast (Formerly Coolangatta) Airport (OOL/YBCG), Belinga
Gold Coast Airport, a wholly owned subsidiary of Queensland Airports Ltd, serves the tourist-focused Gold Coast near Coolangatta on the eastern coast of Australia.	Gold Coast Airport's recently extended main runway is now 2,492m x 45m and lies within a 2,552 x 150m runway strip. A full-length parallel taxiway was also added.	Gold Coast Airport, the seventh busiest in Australia, is continuing to grow rapidly, having just announced a A$100m terminal redevelopment.
September 2006 to August 2007 saw cumulative passenger traffic hit 3,777,677 at Gold Coast Airport, a 5.1% rise on the previous year.	Major state road and rail improvements are also slated for the Coolangatta area, including the A$360m Tugun bypass motorway project.	Tugun bypass will be a new motorway between Currumbin in Queensland and Tweed Heads in New South Wales, just south of Coolangatta.
Tweed interchange and airport access bridges are expected to be complete by October 2007, but will not open to traffic until the bypass is completed mid-2008.	The apron at Gold Coast Airport is now being reconfigured ready for the terminal expansion.

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN/ZGGG)
Exterior of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.	Inside the main passenger concourse of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport.	The road leading to the main terminal building.
The Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport arrivals hall is enormous.	Some of the moving walkways at the terminal.	An aerial view of the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.

Heydar Aliyev International Airport (BAK/UBBB),
The check-in area at the newly renovated Heydar Aliyev International Airport.	Bridges at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. The design and project management work was carried out by APM Ltd and the building and civil works for the project by the Turkish consortium, Burc/Enka.	The departure lounge at the 'new look' Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
The Baku cargo terminal at Heydar Aliyev International Airport has 12,000m² of space.	Heydar Aliyev's terminal can handle wide bodied aircraft like this Antonov.	The Heydar Aliyev Airport cargo terminal has state-of-the-art facilities.
The Baku cargo terminal at Heydar Aliyev International Airport has exceptional security.

Hong Kong Airport
The Airport Express route map.	The Chek Lap Kok railway station under construction.	The Rambler Channel Bridge has two central tracks with single tracks on each side.
The Airport Express train running between Chep Lap Kok Airport and Hong Kong.	The train's interior.	Installation of the floating slab track.
Translucent noise barriers – an innovative development.	The spectacular Tsing Ma Bridge is an Anglo-Japanese construction project.	An Airport Express train running across the steel box trackform at Tsing Ma Bridge.

Hong Kong International Airport (HKG/VHHH),
Hong Kong Airport has a site size of 12.48km².	Hong Kong International's main terminal is an impressive sight.	The construction of Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok was completed in 1998 at a cost of more than $20bn.
The airport has 288 check-in counters, 200 immigration desks, 80 customs positions, 2.5km of moving walkways and around 120 shops.	Hong Kong International Airport opened to the public in 1998.	The Sky Plaza was opened in February 2007.
Hong Kong International Airport sees an average of 650 aircraft take-offs and landings every day.	Air cargo growth in Hong Kong is expected to grow at 6% per year and express cargo at 13% a year.	Asia Airfreight are investing HK$1.75bn in the construction of a new cargo terminal.
The passenger terminal contract, the single largest contract of the project, was valued at $1.29bn.	The construction involved four major sponsors, ten separate projects, 225 construction contracts and over 1,000 critical interfaces.	The construction of Hong Kong International Airport was one of the biggest operations in the industry.
Terminal two has increased the retail and entertainment capacity of Hong Kong Airport.	Terminal two exterior.	Hong Kong International's new coach station.

Iloilo International Airport
Iloilo International Airport serves the Iloilo region of the Philippines.	Iloilo International Airport replaced the old Mandurriao Airport which could not be expanded.	The airport does not yet handle international flights but has full ICAO international standards.
Iloilo Airport is only around 19km from the central districts of Iloilo City but ground transportation to and from the city needs to be improved.	The 2,500m runway will able to accept all medium to long-haul aircraft including the A330-200.

Incheon International Airport (ICA/RKSI)
Incheon International Airport (ICN), the 'Winged City', is a new airport development located on reclaimed land approximately 32 miles from downtown Seoul, South Korea at a cost exceeding $5bn. Incheon International Airport opened in March 2002.	Phase one of the Incheon International Airport comprises two parallel runways, each 12,300ft long. Incheon Airport Phase two sees the development of land and the construction of a third runway.	Incheon International Airport opened as the world’s sixth largest cargo airport, capable of handling 2,7 million tons of cargo with almost two million square feet of cargo terminal space.
The terminal building complex includes two terminals, four remote concourses and the Incheon Airport Transportation Centre.	Incheon Airport has the capacity to process a total of 6,400 passengers/hr, and a total of 30 million passengers per year.	The Incheon International Airport's Transportation Centre is the first gateway to the airport. The airport is connected to Seoul by the the newly constructed Incheon International Airport Expressway. A subway connection to downtown Seoul is expected by 2008.
An advanced surface movement guidance and control system (SMGCS) manipulates runway and taxiway lighting to guide aircraft to gates. The system is automated and especially designed for use at low visibility conditions or busy surface movement traffic.	The airport can service 51 cities with a population of over one million within 3.5 hours' flying time.	Under the original development plan, Incheon International Airport could expand passenger capacity annually to 100 million by the year 2020, which would transform ICN into Asia’s main airport hub and one of the top ten busiest airports worldwide. (Photographs provided by Incheon International Airport Corporation)

Indira Gandhi International Airport
The construction of the Indira Gandhi runway has required over 1.1 million tons of earthworks.	T3 of Indira Gandhi International will have six gates specially designed to accept the A380.	Indira Gandhi International's T3 will have a six-lane access road.
Pier structure construction for T3 is well underway.	The runway at Delhi airport was opened for commercial operations in September 2008.	The new T3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport will have a rail link and access road.
Modernisation of terminal two was completed in 2008.

Kangding Airport,
With the new airport, Chengdu will only be 35 minutes away from Kangding, as opposed to seven hours by road.	Chengdu is the capital of the Sichuan province.	The native people will have more access to the outside world thanks to Kangding Airport.
Kangding Airport is in a mountainous region near Tibet.	The Airbus A319-100 made the test flights to Kangding Airport in October 2007.

Kansai International Airport (KIX/RJBB)
An aerial view of the artifical island on which the Osaka airport is based.	The airport's air traffic control tower.	The boarding lobby inside the terminal of the airport.
Construction of the second phase of Kansai International Airport.	Inside Kansai International Airport.	Over 15 million passengers used the airport in 2008; aircraft movements in the same year were 129,263.
Kansai International Airport's terminal building.

Koh Samui Airport
The new terminal and check in at Koh Samui Airport, Thailand.	Inside the stunning new terminal at Samui airport.	Koh Samui Airport prior to the recent renovation.
Koh Samui Airport proves that it is possible to be both environmentally friendly and aesthetically pleasing.

Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI, WBKK)
The new terminal building at KKIA will increase the capacity of the airport, which is playing host to an increase of almost 10% a year in passenger numbers.	The new terminal cost around R720m and has a capacity of nine million passengers a year.	The new Kota Kinabalu International Airport terminal check-in area has 64 desks.
Kota Kinabalu International Airport is now set to become the major hub to fly from Malaysia to China as it is closer to China than Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL/WMKK),
The main terminal building at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.	The 241,000m² main terminal building allows an annual capacity of 25 million passengers.	The interior of Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
KUL has a total of 106 aircraft stands located at the main terminal building, satellite building and remote bays.	Kuala Lumpur International Airport also has a four-armed satellite building.	The KUL contact pier.
KUL has a train link between the satellite building and the main terminal.

Launceston Airport (LST, YMLT),
Launceston Airport is linked by four carriers to three main Australian cities.	Launceston is to get an A$20m upgrade to its airport terminal building.	The new Launceston terminal gates will give an excellent view of the runway.
Launceston Airport is one of two in Tasmania hosting one million passengers a year.	A QuantasLink plane taking off from Launceston.

Malé International Airport
Malé International Airport (MLE) (previously known as Hulhule Airport) is the main international airport of the Maldives.	There is no road access to the airport. Passengers reach MLE from Malé by water ferries and airline services.	Malé International Airport is located 2.5km north-east of Malé, on Hulhule Island, in the Maldives.

Mandalay International Airport (MDL/VYMD)
Mandalay International Airport under construction.	Passengers walking towards the completed terminal building at Mandalay Airport.	The government hopes to significantly increase the number of tourists entering the country by utiltizing the three million Mandalay airport capacity.

Melbourne Airport (MEL/YMML), Victoria
The layout of Melbourne Airport.	Melbourne is Australia's second biggest city and therefore needs to cope with a substantial share of Australia's rising domestic air traffic.	Melbourne Airport at night.
Melbourne Airport's newly refurbished international T2.	The A380 on its November 2005 visit to Melbourne.	The A380 being towed into position on a stand with one of the new aerobridges evident.
The new arrivals area of melbourne Airport's T2.	Melbourne Airport's new T2 departures area.	The arrangement of gates and aerobridges around T2.
Ground breaking for the Melbourne International Airport T2 expansion occurred in January 2008.	Melbourne International's T2 expansion will cost $330m.	The upgrades will be completed by 2012.
Melbourne Airport debt has recently been refinanced to afford the expansion of T2.	The A380 is being catered for with baggage handling and new load and unloading facilities at Melbourne International Airport.

Nadi International Airport
Nadi international Airport is Fiji's main international gateway and is one of the two international airports.	Nadi's 26,000m² apron area was replaced in 2006 at a total cost of about FJ$11m (US$6.2m). 300mm-thick slabs were replaced to accommodate aircraft sizes and larger load.	Nadi International Airport is located on the west side of the main island of Viti Levu.

Naha Airport (OKA/ROAH), Okinawa Prefecture
The construction work at Naha Airport included a new domestic airport terminal (pictured), the undersea tunnel and a typhoon hangar.	Naha Airport's traffic is likely to increase as a result of the new terminal.	The airport's central location equips it to act as a centre for short flights in eastern Asia.
Okinawa is also seeing the construction of an urban monorail that connects the airport to the town centre and 13 other stations.	The urban monorail looking towards Naha Airport.	Supports for Naha Airport's monorail.

Narita International Airport
Airline lounges at Narita International Airport were extended and now cover an area of 2,400m².	The control tower at Narita International Airport.	The departure floor in the south wing of Terminal 1, Narita Airport.
The departure lounge, satellite 5, Terminal 1, Narita International Airport.	Interior view of one of the terminals at the airport.	Terminal 1 features a central building attached with a south wing and a north wing.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (Kolkata) International Airport
Kolkata is based on the coast of India and has always been an important port / hub for the area.	The new Kolkata terminal incorporates writings into the designs of the roof.	The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose terminal is a linear modern design which has many energy and resource saving features.
The terminal will have landscaped gardens and will serve to integrate the domestic and international operations of Kolkata Airport.	Kolkata is a modern city which is at the centre of the Indian economy and as such needs a signature airport (an additional new airport is being planned as well).

New Bacolod Airport (BCD),
The new Bacolod Airport is the first stage in the air transport infrastructure development strategy of the Philippines Department of Transport and Communications (DOTC) – air transportation office.	Model of the New Bacolod Airport terminal building, showing air bridges.	The new Bacolod Airport will replace the existing aiport in Bacolod City on Negros Island.
The new Bacolod terminal will have three floors and will incorporate three air-bridges designed to accommodate aircraft of a size up to and including the Boeing 737 and the Airbus 330.	Map showing the location of Bacolod City in Negros Island which the airport will serve.

Ngurah Rai International Airport
The airport is spread over an area of 295.6ha and serves about 10 million passengers per year.	The airport has one domestic terminal and one international terminal, as well as a cargo building.	The expansion of the airport, which was delayed for several months, will start in January 2010.

Ninoy Aquino International Airport
A rendering of Ninoy Aquino International's Terminal 3.	Terminal 3 apron areas.	Terminal 3 construction work in 2002.
Ninoy Aquino International's Terminal 1 arrival area.	Centennial Terminal departure gates.	Terminal 1 departure area.

Noi Bai International Airport
The existing international terminal one at Noi Bai International Airport.	Noi Bai International is a clean and modern airport situated in northern Vietnam.	Noi Bai Airport has a capacity to handle a maximum of 50 million passengers a year.
One of the proposed designs for Noi Bai International's terminal two.	Noi Bai's new terminal design is modern but also incorporates oriental character.

Norfolk Island Airport
The airport is situated about 1.6km from the main township, Burnt Pine, approximately 1,500km from Brisbane.	Airport master rack and secondary VHF system.	SLS 2000 differential GPS ground station.
GPS ground station housing.

Perth International Airport (PER, YPPH)
Terminal WA will begin to integrate services at the airport for the first time making it more efficient and able to handle more passenger throughput.	In July 2008 there was a start for a $1bn expansion and redevelopment at the airport.	The interior of the imminent WA terminal.
Perth International is still seeing a large increase in passenger numbers every year. Figures have doubled since 2001-2002.	The Qantas domestic terminal is currently undergoing a $50m refurbishment and upgrade project.

Pudong International Airport (PVG/ZSPD), Shanghai
A schematic diagram of Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

Queenstown International Airport
The Queenstown runway aprons have had improvements for international flights.	The terminal building has increased by 6,000m².	Queenstown Airport serves a popular skiing resort.
The main runway will have to be extended into the river by 2011.	The retail area for passengers.	The pick-up area at Queenstown International.

Rajiv Gandhi (Hyderabad) International Airport, Andhra Pradesh
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is strategically located in India to become a major domestic and international hub.	Rajiv Gandhi International Airport access and road infrastructure.	A model of Rajiv Gandhi International's new terminal.
Existing routes from the old Hyderabad Airport which will be transferred to Rajiv Gandhi Airport and further developed.	The initial phase of the new Rajiv Gandhi Airport will be capable of handling 12 million passengers a year.	In phase two, Rajiv Gandhi's terminal 1 will be expanded to an area of 250,000m² to cater to growing passenger numbers.
The final phase of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport master plan has been designed to cater to 50 million passengers a year.

Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport is on the Anatolian shore of Istanbul.	Sabiha Gokcen International Airport is one of two key airports in Istanbul, Turkey.	The airport was developed as a Greenfield project.

Senai International Airport
Senai International Airport arrivals hall entrance.	Senai International Airport, officially known as Sultan Ismail International Airport, is located in one of Malaysia's strategic development zones.	Senai International Airport is emerging as a gateway to the major cities of Asia, realising greater connectivity with China, and granting easy access to the modern port facilities of the Tanjung Pelepas Port, Johor Port and Singapore.

Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport New Terminal
Shenzhen Airport T3 will resemble a cross.	The new terminal will make Shenzhen the fourth largest airport in China.	The Shenzhen departure hall will resemble a large manta ray.
The new Shenzhen terminal project is being undertaken in three phases up to 2035.	The inside of the terminal will be kept cool by the double-skin canopy.	Fuksas won the terminal design competition in 2007 against stiff opposition from other international architects.

Sialkot International Airport
The partially completed administration block for Sialkot International Airport.	Airport parking apron for heavy aircraft such as Boeing 747.	Sialkot Airport air traffic control tower.
The new cargo terminal at Silkot International Airport.	The passenger terminal is due to be open in the third quarter of 2007.	The completed runway which is now hosting flights for testing and limited cargo.

Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK/VTBS)
Suvarnabhumi Airport, due to be completed in late 2006, is located in the Samut Prakarn province of Thailand, 30km east of Bangkok.	Once completed, Suvarnabhumi will replace Don Muang as Bangkok's international airport, relegating the latter to domestic-only status.	The domestic terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
The international terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport.	Seven floors and a basement will give the terminal a total floor area of over 500,000m², making it the largest in the world.	Suvarnabhumi Airport will eventually be able to handle 100 million passengers per year but the first stage of construction will only provide facilities for 30 million.
The terminal's original design was criticised for a lack of 'Thai characteristics'. These concerns were addressed and the building now displays evidence of the local cultural and artistic heritage.	The terminal's main materials are steel and glass.	The contract for construction of the Suvarnabhumi Airport's passenger terminal complex was awarded to Italian-Thai Development (Ital-Thai)
Road access to the new airport will be provided by a series of new highways connected to Bangkok's existing outer ring road.	Suvanabhumi Airport will have one of the tallest control tower complexes in the world at 132m with 2,600m² of utility space.	The landscaping around Suvarnabhumi Airport blends the engineering with the impressive natural surroundings.
Suvarnabhumi Airport's retail space is impressive, but only half the size of that of Hong Kong airport.	The holding gates, showing the glass ceiling structure.	One of the main concourses of the Suvarnabhumi Airport terminal.

Sydney Airport Terminal Expansion
Sydney Airport T1 expansion construction work is underway.	The new car park will increase spaces by 3,000.	The car park will use recycled water and will provide moving walkways to help with carrying luggage.
There will be 5,000m² of retail development in Sydney Airport.	Over 30,000m² of the Sydney Airport departures area will be redeveloped.

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE/RCTP)
Inside the Terminal 1 concourse of Taoyuan Airport.	The concorse of Taoyuan International Airport's Terminal 2.	Terminal 2 from the passenger drop-off zone.
A view of Terminal 1 from the airport car park.	An aerial view of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.	Map showing the location of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (formerly Chiang Kai-Shek).
The arrival and departure facilities at TPE Airport.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City
Tan Son Nhat airport showing the new terminal building at dusk.	The departure lounge in the new Tan Son Nhat terminal building.	Tan Son Nhat's old terminal building after refurbishment.
The entrance to Tan Son Nhat airport.	The admin block at Tan Son Nhat airport has also been refurbished.	The new terminal has allowed the introduction of many more shops and services at Tan Son Nhat airport.

Tianjin Binhai International Airport, Dongli
The Tianjin Binhai Airport terminal building after the completion of phase three.	The kite roof will have red and blue tiles which can be changed over at the touch of a button to give a different effect or to celebrate different holidays and festivals.	The Tianjin Binhai Airport terminal building will be situated in a 'midfield' position.
The front of the new Tianjin Binhai Airport terminal.	The first phase of the Tianjin Binhai Airport expansion will have 22 contact gates.

Trivandrum International Airport,
Trivandrum International Airport is located in the state's capital city of Thiruvananthapuram, 3.7km west of the centre of the city, in a 583-acre campus.	The increasing number of international tourists and passengers to Kerala prompted the decision to add another terminal to the airport.	Trivandrum International Airport currently operates two terminals. Terminal 1 handles all domestic flight operations and Terminal 2 handles international flight operations.

Vladivostok International Airport
Vladivostok International Airport is a gateway to the far east of Russia.	The airport's expansion project is aimed at increasing passenger handling capacity to five million a year.	Over one million passengers travelled through the airport in 2008.

Wellington International Airport
The airport in Wellington showing how difficult it would be to extend the runway.	The rock from the outside.	The rock will provide an innovative internal design.
The rock will incorporate a range of environmental principles in its design and construction.	The largest aircraft previously able to use the runway at Wellington was the 747 SP a short bodied version of the 747 able to use shorter runways. Now the 787 and the A350 will extend the usefulness of the short runway into more international destinations.

Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH, ZHHH),
The new Wuhan Tianhe International T2 has been designed to handle 13 million passengers a year.	The baggage claim hall at Wuhan Tianhe has ten carousels for luggage.	Wuhan Tianhe's check-in hall has 80 counters a central baggage conveyor system and 18 baggage screening counters.
T2 will help the airport become the fourth hub in China and the largest airport in the central region.	Hubei Province is taking off as an economic area in China with large numbers of foreign retailers opening shops and the airport will be central to the region's long-term economic future.

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY/ZLXY)
Xi'an Xianyang airport is the headquarters of China's Northwest airlines.	Xi'an Xianyang airport expects significant growth in commercial traffic and passnger numbers in the next few years.	Xi'an is centrally located within the Shaanxi province.

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