Hanthawaddy International Airport

Hanthawaddy International Airport is an airport project in Bago, Myanmar (Burma). Yongnam Holdings, Changi Airport Planners and Engineers (CAPE) and JGC Corporation submitted a proposal to Myanmar's Department of Civil Aviation for the contract to design, construct, operate and maintain the airport under a 30-year concession period, one of several such proposals. The Hanthawaddy project includes construction of an international terminal with capacity for 12 million passengers p/a, a 3600m runway capable of handling A340 and Boeing 747 aircraft, taxiways, 42 aircraft stands and installation of a baggage handling system and other support systems. The consortium submitted a similar proposal for Yangon International Airport in Apr-2013. Construction for the Hanthawaddy International Airport was expected to commence in 2017. No news has been reported since Jul-2019. 

Jul-2019.

11-Jul-2019. Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications deputy director general U Ye Htut Aun said works on the Hanthawaddy International Airport project will commence in 2020. Commenting on ongoing funding discussions with the Japanese Government, Mr U Ye Htut Aun added: "If we reach agreements on basic points, we will be able to sign the contract within the first three months of 2020".

09-Jul-2019. Myanmar and Japan resumed negotiations to form a JV to develop Hanthawaddy International Airport. Myanmar's Department of Civil Aviation allocated almost 3600ha of land for the project and the revised designs may include a connection to existing rail networks.

May-2018. Japan's State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tsukasa Akimoto and Myanmar's Minister for Transport and Communication U Thant Sin Maung held discussions on the possibility of reviving the stalled Hanthawaddy International Airport project. Japanese ambassador to Myanmar Ichiro Maruyama said both governments want the project to commence "as soon as possible". The construction programme is projected to...