Siemens offers “ready-made” airport terminal

Andrew Pentol

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The Siemens Flyport will enable airports to accommodate more passengers and keep up with expected passenger growth in the next few years

Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has unveiled a modular design passenger terminal that can be installed rapidly to create an instant airport or expand capacity at existing airports. Flyport can handle up to 1.5m passengers a year with a total floor area of 5,000sq m (53,819sq ft), according to the Siemens I&S website.

The Flyport concept, which can also accommodate a duty-free shop and restaurant in its second floor airside departures area, is based on prefabricated container units consisting of all equipment required in a terminal. These can be put together to form a complete system without long-term construction work. The departure area is laid out for conventional check-in counters, check-in counters for oversize baggage and self-service check-in machines. Departing passengers are guided to their boarding gates by display boards, while incoming passengers are directed through the passport control area, and reclaim their baggage in the arrivals area.