Hoskins Airport to get a multi-million Kina makeover

The Runway and passenger terminal at the Hoskins Airport in West New Britain will feel a multi-million Kina makeover after a decade.

Over K51.7 is the cost of the runway asphalt overlay, passenger terminal refurbishment and associated works under the National Airport Corporation, Civil Aviation Development Project II.

A decade after benefiting from the Asian Development Bank loan to the National Airport Corporation under CADIP I.

Todays, staged ground breaking ceremony in front of Hoskins Airport, marks the next 18 months of redevelopment works (Picture Insert).

National Airport Corporation acting Managing Director Dominic Kaumu highlighted the importance of the airport runway extension and resealing.

"The existing runway is 1960 meters long and will be extended by 60 meters [to achieve 2020 meters in total] to accommodate the operation of design jet aircraft, Boeing 737 or similar type."

Also the passenger terminal will be refurbished.

And the only Member of Parliament from West New Britain who attended the occasion, says the K51.7 million project "is an investment for our people's future."

Minister for Civil Aviation Wake Goi in his keynote address, says the redevelopment is in line with the national government agenda to turn the New Britain Provinces into tourism hubs for the country.

Hoskins Airport is the third provincial Airport to benefit under the CADIP 2, after Gurney [Milne Bay] and Kiunga [Western]

Aropa [AROB] and Boram [East Sepik] Airports are next in line.