North Satellite Concourse

[Fixed Ground Power]

After two years of hard work, the North Satellite concourse at HKIA is opening this Thursday, 17th December.

I hope that crew and passengers alike enjoy it. :ok:

FGP

[Sqwak7700]

Who will be using the new terminal? I know that the gates probably can't accommodate anything larger than an A321, but is it for specific airlines, or specific regional flights? Or will anything under a certain size be eligible to use it?

Also, how do you get out there? Is there a bus link or did they branch off the underground train system to reach it?

[Night Watch]

From Filght Global

HK Airport to open 10 gate terminal extension
By Greg Waldron

Hong Kong Airport will open a new terminal extension on 17 December, providing ten additional gates for narrow-bodied aircraft.

The north satellite concourse (NSC) extension is to the north of terminal 1 and was built at a cost of HK$1 billion ($129 million), says Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).

The NSC is designed to serve over five million passengers a year. Passengers reach it via shuttle buses from terminal 1 or 2.

With the new satellite concourse, less than 10 flights will need to be parked at remote bays every day compared to the current 40 to 50, says HKIA.

HKIA adds that it is studying an expansion project that would provide additional aircraft stands, related apron facilities, and another passenger concourse to handle anticipated traffic demand up to the year 2020.

[bigjames]

seems a shame they were not able to branch the underground train out there... shows that concourse was not conceived at the outset of the airport construction. nevertheless, nice for the small regional flights!

[Flying Bagel]

I seemed to remember there used to be an extra platform for the automated train, with a sign that said 'staff only'. It was around a year ago, but now it all seems to have disappeared. Wonder what happened to that...

[iceman50]

5 Million passengers a year by BUS, at a cost of 1 billion! :D

Only in Hong Kong could you have such a waste of money - they do love their concrete and glass.:ugh::ugh:

[Ex Cathedra]

The underground train goes straight underneath the main terminal, so a brand new line would have been needed to connect the new satellite, which would have been too expensive considering the relatively low amount of pax using it. That said an underground walkway wouldn't have been a luxury.

I think the train track has provisions for an extension towards the southwest of the main terminal where they plan to build the next terminal when traffic grows enough, if it ever does...

[VR-HFX]

Given the frequency and pax loadings, rickshaws would be the perfect mode of transport for the new HKA/HKE and Air Macau terminal!:}

[hongkongfooey]

I'm with you Ice, what a frigging waste of money, bus from the main terminal to another terminal ( almost as bad as Sydney ), might as well have just bussed them to the a/c stairs :mad:, at a saving of how many millions :confused:

[hits80]

Agree with HKF. Could AA insiders shed some light on this? Are air-bridges connected to the terminal? Apart from keeping passengers dry on rainy days, can't see any advantages!:confused:

[Busbert]

The truth is actually stranger than fiction.
For HKIA to keep its ratings, the percentage of flights arriving into remote stands and disembarking without airbridges has to be less than x%.
Due to terminal congestion, more than x% of pax were using airstairs on remote stands and getting onto buses.

The solution, Hong Kong style, was to build a little mickey-mouse satellite terminal so the the pax can disembark on an airbridge, and then descend to ground level to get on to buses.

Welcome to Hong Kong, Asia's World City :ok:

They decided to develop T2 rather than the mid-field terminal, because HKIA wanted more land-side shopping (major business for HKIA), so they built a rather ugly mall with a few check-in desks and called it T2. You see Hong Kong has not really got much retail space:confused:

Looks as ugly as sin, and Sir Norman was not amused with the deviation from the master plan.

[LapSap]

T2 looks like a cross between a Coles cafeteria and a toilet block.:yuk:

Any truth in the rumour that the new North satellite concourse won't deliver the 10 extra stands it was supposed to? Apparently so much space taken up for ground equipment/buses etc that only 6 bays available! WTF?

[hongkongfooey]

Great is'nt it :confused: The likes of Cebu, Air asia et al parking at the main terminal whilst Dragon park at what was touted to be the LCC terminal ( and as nice as it is inside, its still a royal pain in the arse to get there )
Thanks CX, you continue to :mad: a perfectly good airline, your masters should have stuck to what they knew best....flogging opium :mad:

[snoop doggy dog]

We've called it our "Dragons' Den." ;)

You reakon that's waste of money! What about the new CAD building next to our half-full glass house? :ugh: Probably will get named after some idiot with a big ego and no brains :ok:

[ReverseFlight]

The best thing about T2 is to provide cheap lunches and a quantum of solace for underpaid airport workers ... :(

[N1 Vibes]

What about the new CAD building next to our half-full glass house? Probably will get named after some idiot with a big ego and no brains

I give you Philip Chen House......

[snoop doggy dog]

:D Beauty :D